Determinants of species rarity: Population growth rates of species sharing the same habitat

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 92, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1987-1994

  Münzbergová, Zuzana ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Cirsium; Congeneric species; Dry grasslands; Dynamics; Matrix models; Population growth rate; Seed predation; Seed size

Indexed keywords

LIFE CYCLE; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION MODELING; RARITY; SEED PREDATION;

CIRSIUM;

EID: 32044462293     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: 00029122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.92.12.1987     Document Type: Article

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