Population growth rate of a common understory herb decreases non-linearly across a gradient of deer herbivory

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 257, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1095-1103

  Knight, Tiffany M ^a   Caswell, Hal ^b   Kalisz, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Demography; Elasticity analysis; Extinction risk; Interspecific interactions; Matrix model; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE BEAMS AND GIRDERS; ELASTICITY; FLOW INTERACTIONS; GROWTH (MATERIALS); OCEAN HABITATS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK PERCEPTION;

DEMOGRAPHY; ELASTICITY ANALYSIS; EXTINCTION RISK; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTIONS; MATRIX MODEL; TOLERANCE;

FORESTRY;

BROWSING; COEXISTENCE; DEER; DEMOGRAPHY; EXTINCTION RISK; GROWTH RATE; HERB; HERBIVORY; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; LIFE TABLE; MONOCOTYLEDON; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION MODELING; TOLERANCE; UNDERSTORY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL POPULATIONS; DYNAMICS; ELASTICITY; FORESTRY; GROWTH RATE; HERBS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIZE; TOLERANCE;

NORTH AMERICA;

CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; TRILLIUM; TRILLIUM GRANDIFLORUM;

EID: 58149330086     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.11.018     Document Type: Article

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