Life form influences survivorship patterns for 109 herbaceous perennials from six semi-arid ecosystems

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 947-954

  Chu, Chengjin ^a   Havstad, Kris M ^b   Kaplan, Nicole ^c   Lauenroth, William K ^d   McClaran, Mitchel P ^e   Peters, Debra P ^b   Vermeire, Lance T ^f   Adler, Peter B ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^f AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Age specific mortality; Demographic parameters; Forb; Grass; Senescence; Weibull survivorship curves; Weighted Cox's proportional hazard model

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; DEMOGRAPHY; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; HERB; LIFE EXPECTANCY; PARAMETERIZATION; PERENNIAL PLANT; SEMIARID REGION; SENESCENCE; SURVIVORSHIP;

NORTH AMERICA;

POACEAE;

EID: 84902376568     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: 16541103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jvs.12106     Document Type: Article

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