Conservation of a rare plant requires different methods in different habitats: Demographic lessons from Actaea elata

Oecologia

Volumn 164, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1121-1130

  Mayberry, Rachel J ^a   Elle, Elizabeth ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Elasticity; Endangered species; Finite rate of increase; Population projection; Tall bugbane

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; BROAD-LEAVED FOREST; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT TYPE; HERB; HERBIVORY; MORTALITY; PERENNIAL PLANT; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION MODELING; RARE SPECIES; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ACTAEA; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONIFER; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FORESTRY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; POPULATION DYNAMICS; UNITED STATES;

ACTAEA; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CONIFEROPHYTA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FORESTRY; OREGON; PLANT LEAVES; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

CIMICIFUGA ELATA;

EID: 78449254104     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-010-1809-8     Document Type: Article

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