Density effects at multiple scales in an experimental plant population

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 435-445

  Gunton, Richard M ^a   Kunin, William E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Akaike information criterion; Density dependence; Distribution; Herbivory; Population dynamics; Resource dilution; Silene latifolia; Spatial scale; Survival

Indexed keywords

AKAIKE INFORMATION CRITERION; ANGIOSPERM; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DENSITY DEPENDENCE; GROWTH RATE; HERBIVORY; MORTALITY; PLANT COMMUNITY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SESSILE SPECIES; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL;

GASTROPODA; MAMMALIA; SILENE; SILENE LATIFOLIA;

EID: 34247250883     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2007.01226.x     Document Type: Article

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