Contrasting population dynamics of the endemic new caledonian conifer araucaria laubenfelsii in maquis and rain forest

Biotropica

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 479-487

  Rigg, Lesley S ^a   Enright, Neal J ^b   Jaffré, Tanguy ^c   Perry, George L W ^d  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (New Caledonia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Conservation; Disturbance; Life table response experiments; Population growth; Regeneration; Transition matrix analysis; Ultramafic soil

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS FOREST; DEMOGRAPHY; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; NEW SPECIES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RAINFOREST;

NEW CALEDONIA [MELANESIA];

ARAUCARIA LAUBENFELSII; CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 77955025187     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2009.00615.x     Document Type: Article

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