Population dynamics of the rare plant Kosteletzkya pentacarpos (Malvaceae): A nine-year study

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 153, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 455-462

  Pino, Joan ^a,b   Picó, F Xavier ^a   De Roa, Enric ^c  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c Ajuntament del Prat de Llobregat ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

Elasticity analysis; Long life span; Matrix models; Narrow distributions; Variance decomposition analysis; Vital rates

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; FECUNDITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; RARE SPECIES; SURVIVAL; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

BARCELONA [CATALONIA]; CATALONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; LLOBREGAT DELTA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

KOSTELETZKYA PENTACARPOS; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MALVACEAE;

EID: 34147107662     PISSN: 00244074     EISSN: 10958339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2007.00628.x     Document Type: Article

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