Weak effect of climate variability on coexistence in a sagebrush steppe community

Ecology

Volumn 90, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3303-3312

  Adler, Peter B ^a   HilleRisLambers, Janneke ^b   Levine, Jonathan M ^c  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate variability; Coexistence; Competition; Population growth; Sagebrush steppe; Survival

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; COEXISTENCE; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; LIFE HISTORY; POPULATION GROWTH; SHRUB; STEPPE; SURVIVAL; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ARTEMISIA; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ARTEMISIA; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

IDAHO; UNITED STATES;

ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA;

EID: 72949101281     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/08-2241.1     Document Type: Article

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