Detection of density dependence requires density manipulations and calculation of λ

Ecology

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 655-664

  Fowler, N L ^a   Overath, R Deborah ^a,c   Pease, Craig M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b VERMONT LAW SCHOOL   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY CORPUS CHRISTI   (United States)

Author keywords

Bouteloua rigidiseta; Demography; Density dependence; Density manipulation; Finite rate of increase; Grass; Life table response experiment; LTRE; Perennial bunchgrass; Population regulation

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; GRASS; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; DEMOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MATHEMATICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; POACEAE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TIME;

BIOMETRY; DEMOGRAPHY; MATHEMATICS; POACEAE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEEDS; TIME FACTORS;

BOUTELOUA RIGIDISETA;

EID: 33646121984     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: 00129658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/05-1197     Document Type: Article

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