Population dynamics of a monocarpic thistle: simulated effects of reproductive timing and grazing of flowering plants

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 231-239

  Ramula, Satu ^a  

^a School of Life Sciences Södertörn University   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Demography; Grazing; Herbivory; Matrix population model; Monocarpy; Population growth rate; Reproductive timing; Stochastic simulation

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; DEMOGRAPHY; DICOTYLEDON; FLOWERING; GRAZING; GROWTH RATE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MODELING; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; STOCHASTICITY; SURVIVAL;

CIRSIUM; CIRSIUM PALUSTRE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 40649101860     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2007.11.005     Document Type: Article

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