Demographic effects of extreme weather events on a short-lived calcareous grassland species: Stochastic life table response experiments

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 255-267

  Davison, Raziel ^a   Jacquemyn, Hans ^b   Adriaens, Dries ^c   Honnay, Olivier ^b   de Kroon, Hans ^d   Tuljapurkar, Shripad ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NATURE AND FOREST INBO   (Belgium)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anthyllis vulneraria; Climate change; Life table response experiment (LTRE); Population growth; Stochastic elasticities

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DICOTYLEDON; GRASSLAND; GROWTH RATE; LIFE TABLE; MEDICINAL PLANT; POPULATION GROWTH; STOCHASTICITY;

ANTHYLLIS VULNERARIA;

EID: 77749341551     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2009.01611.x     Document Type: Article

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