Detection, survival rates and dynamics of a cryptic plant, Asclepias meadii: Applications of mark-recapture models to long-term monitoring studies

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 267-276

  Alexander, Helen M ^a   Slade, Norman A ^a   Kettle, W Dean ^a   Pittman, Galen L ^a   Reed, Aaron W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Estimation of population size; Herbivory; Long term study; Mead's milkweed; Observer error; Population trajectory; Rare plant; Survey

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; CRYPSIS; DETECTION METHOD; DORMANCY; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROWTH RATE; HERBIVORY; HETEROGENEITY; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; POPULATION GROWTH; RARITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALIA; ASCLEPIAS; ASCLEPIAS MEADII;

EID: 60049092919     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2008.01468.x     Document Type: Article

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