Age-specific, density-dependent and environment-based mortality of a short-lived perennial herb

Plant Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 374-381

  Pico F X ^a,b   Retana, J ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Abiotic factors; Ageing; Biotic factors; Cohort; Density dependence; Mediterranean plants; Mortality; Plant demography

Indexed keywords

AGE; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; HERB; LIFE CYCLE; MORTALITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SIZE STRUCTURE;

ARTICLE; BRASSICACEAE; ECOSYSTEM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPAIN;

BRASSICACEAE; ECOSYSTEM; SPAIN;

CANDIDATUS PHYTOPLASMA; EMBRYOPHYTA; LEPIDOPTERA; LOBULARIA MARITIMA; MYCOPLASMA;

EID: 42449134019     PISSN: 14358603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1438-8677.2008.00044.x     Document Type: Article

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