Life span correlates with population dynamics in perennial herbaceous plants

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 258-262

  García, María B ^a   Picó, F Xavier ^b,c   Ehrlén, Johan ^d  

^a INSTITUTO PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^d STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Demography; Elasticity; Life history evolution; Life cycle components; Matrix models; Perennial herbs; Population growth rate; Temporal variability

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA SET; DEMOGRAPHY; FECUNDITY; GROWTH RATE; HERB; LIFE HISTORY THEORY; LONGEVITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERENNIAL PLANT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MODELING; SELECTION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

EID: 38849138903     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.95.2.258     Document Type: Article

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