Fine-scale changes in connectivity affect the metapopulation dynamics of a bryophyte confined to ephemeral patches

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 980-986

  Zartman, Charles E ^a   Nascimento, Henrique E M ^a   Cangani, Katia G ^a   Alvarenga, Lisi D P ^c   Snäll, Tord ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon; Bryophyte; Colonization; Demographic models; Dispersal; Epiphyll; Extinction; Plant population and community dynamics; Rain forest; Rescue effect

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BRYOPHYTE; COLONIZATION; CONNECTIVITY; CONSPECIFIC; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; EPIPHYTE; EXTINCTION; FIELDWORK; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; LEAF; METAPOPULATION; PATCHINESS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MODELING; RAINFOREST; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TURNOVER;

AMAZONIA;

EID: 84862546240     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2012.01969.x     Document Type: Article

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