Interdependent effects of habitat quality and climate on population growth of an endangered plant

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1211-1218

  Nicolè, Florence ^a   Dahlgren, Johan P ^b   Vivat, Agnès ^c   Till Bottraud, Irène ^d   Ehrlén, Johan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ JEAN MONNET   (France)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Pôle Natura 2000 ^*  (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ JOSEPH FOURIER   (France)

Author keywords

Climate change; Dracocephalum austriacum; Global warming; Integral projection model; Local environment; Plant population and community dynamics; Slope; Spatio temporal variation; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; DICOTYLEDON; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT QUALITY; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS; SPATIAL VARIATION; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

DRACOCEPHALUM;

EID: 80051741683     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2011.01852.x     Document Type: Article

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