Choice of density-dependent seedling recruitment function affects predicted transient dynamics: A case study with Platte thistle

Theoretical Ecology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 387-401

  Eager, Eric Alan ^a   Rebarber, Richard ^a   Tenhumberg, Brigitte ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

Author keywords

Density dependence; Integral projection model; Mechanistic modeling; Michaelis Menten function; Seedling recruitment function; Transient dynamic

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEEDLING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CIRSIUM CANESCENS;

EID: 84864116691     PISSN: 18741738     EISSN: 18741746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12080-011-0131-3     Document Type: Article

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