Lognormal distribution of individual lifetime fecundity: Insights from a 23-year study

Ecology

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 422-430

  Herrera, Carlos M ^a   Jovani, Roger ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Demography; Fecundity hierarchy; Lavandula latifolia; Lognormal distribution; Multiplicative random effects; Plant senescence; Simulation model

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; FECUNDITY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; SENESCENCE; SHRUB; SIMULATION; STOCHASTICITY; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; LAVENDER; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

LAVANDULA; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REPRODUCTION; TIME FACTORS;

LAVANDULA; LAVANDULA LATIFOLIA;

EID: 77949298017     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/09-0849.1     Document Type: Article

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