The role of transient dynamics in stochastic population growth for nine perennial plants

Ecology

Volumn 94, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1681-1686

  Ellis, Martha M ^a   Crone, Elizabeth E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental stochasticity; Matrix projection models; Plant population dynamics; Stochastic population growth; Transient bounds; Transient dynamics

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PERENNIAL PLANT; POPULATION GROWTH; STOCHASTICITY;

EID: 84881251744     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/13-0028.1     Document Type: Article

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