How do plant ecologists use matrix population models?

Ecology Letters

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-8

  Crone, Elizabeth E ^a   Menges, Eric S ^b   Ellis, Martha M ^a   Bell, Timothy ^c   Bierzychudek, Paulette ^d   Ehrlén, Johan ^e   Kaye, Thomas N ^f   Knight, Tiffany M ^g   Lesica, Peter ^h   Morris, William F ⁱ   Oostermeijer, Gerard ^j   Quintana Ascencio, Pedro F ^k   Stanley, Amanda ^f   Ticktin, Tamara ^l   Valverde, Teresa ^m   Williams, Jennifer L ⁿ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b ARCHBOLD BIOLOGICAL STATION   (United States)

^c CHICAGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d LEWIS AND CLARK COLLEGE   (United States)

^e STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f Institute for Applied Ecology   (United States)

^g WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

ⁱ DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^k UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^m UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

ⁿ NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

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Author keywords

Conservation; Ecological forecasting; Extinction risk; Harvest; Matrix projection models; Plant population dynamics; Population growth rate; Population viability analysis; Risk assessment; Sensitivity analysis

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; EXTINCTION RISK; PLANT COMMUNITY; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION MODELING; POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 78650058901     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2010.01540.x     Document Type: Article

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