Density-structured models for plant population dynamics

American Naturalist

Volumn 177, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-17

  Freckleton, Robert P ^a   Sutherland, William J ^b   Watkinson, Andrew R ^c   Queenborough, Simon A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Annual plants; Measurement error; Population dynamics; Structured model

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ANNUAL PLANT; ASSESSMENT METHOD; DATA SET; ESTIMATION METHOD; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION SIZE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RANGE EXPANSION; SEED BANK;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ENVIRONMENT; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ENVIRONMENT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEEDS;

EID: 78650857349     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/657621     Document Type: Article

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