Linking environmental and demographic data to predict future population viability of a perennial herb

Oecologia

Volumn 163, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 99-109

  Toräng, Per ^a   Ehrlén, Johan ^b   Ågren, Jon ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Climate change; Disturbance; Drought; Habitat stage; Markov chains

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DEMOGRAPHY; DROUGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; GERMINATION; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT TYPE; HERB; MARKOV CHAIN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS; REGENERATION; SEEDLING; SIMULATION; STOCHASTICITY; VIABILITY;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIMULACEAE; STATISTICS;

CLIMATE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIMULA; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

PRIMULA FARINOSA; PRIMULACEAE;

EID: 77951024475     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-009-1552-1     Document Type: Article

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