Temporal variation in the carrying capacity of a perennial grass population

American Naturalist

Volumn 175, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 504-512

  Fowler, N L ^a   Pease, C M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b VERMONT LAW SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bouteloua rigidiseta; Carrying capacity; Density dependence; Environmental stochasticity; Population dynamics; Population regulation

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

CARRYING CAPACITY; DATA SET; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GEOMETRY; GRASS; GROWTH RESPONSE; NITROGEN; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERENNIAL PLANT; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION MODELING; POPULATION REGULATION; POPULATION SIZE; POTASSIUM; STOCHASTICITY; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; POACEAE; POPULATION DENSITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POACEAE; POPULATION DENSITY; RAIN; TEXAS;

BOUTELOUA RIGIDISETA;

EID: 77951065722     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/651592     Document Type: Article

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