Linking environmental variation to population dynamics of a forest herb

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 666-674

  Dahlgren, Johan P ^a   Ehrlén, Johan ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Actaea spicata; Habitat range; Integral projection model; Plant demography; Population dynamics; Pre dispersal seed predation; Soil potassium concentration

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISPERSAL; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FERTILITY; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RESPONSE; HERB; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; POTASSIUM; PREDICTION; SEED PREDATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL;

ACTAEA SPICATA;

EID: 67449115679     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2009.01504.x     Document Type: Article

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