Demographic differences between two sympatric lilies (Calochortus) with contrasting distributions, as revealed by matrix analysis

Plant Ecology

Volumn 191, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 265-278

  Miller, Michael T ^a   Antos, Joseph A ^a   Allen, Geraldine A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Calochortus; Comparative demography; Dormancy; Elasticity; LTRE analysis; Rarity

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANGIOSPERM; DEMOGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GROWTH RATE; MORPHOLOGY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; RARITY; SURVIVAL; TAXONOMY;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

CALOCHORTUS; CALOCHORTUS LYALLII; CALOCHORTUS MACROCARPUS; LILIUM; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 34447104445     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-006-9241-1     Document Type: Article

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