The influence of climate and species composition on the population dynamics of ten prairie forbs

Ecology

Volumn 89, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 3049-3060

  Adler, Peter B ^a   HilleRisLambers, Janneke ^b  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Biotic vs. abiotic; Climate change; Density dependence; Mixed grass prairie, Kansas, USA; Population dynamics; Recruitment; Survival

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HERB; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRAIRIE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

KANSAS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 63849222759     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/07-1569.1     Document Type: Article

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