Population dynamics in central and edge populations of a narrowly endemic plant

Ecology

Volumn 95, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1850-1860

  Aikens, Melissa L ^a,b   Roach, Deborah A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundant Center Model; Demography; Endemic Species; Integral Projection Model; Life Table Response Experiment (Ltre); Population Growth Rate; Prenanthes Roanensis, Roan Mountain Rattlesnakeroot; Range Limits; Southern Appalachians, Usa; Vital Rates

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DICOTYLEDON; EDGE EFFECT; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; GROWTH RATE; LIFE TABLE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION MODELING; RANGE SIZE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; DEMOGRAPHY; FITNESS; HERB; LIFE CYCLE;

APPALACHIANS; UNITED STATES; NORTH CAROLINA; ROAN MOUNTAIN;

ARTICLE; ASTERACEAE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; UNITED STATES;

ASTERACEAE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NORTH CAROLINA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TENNESSEE;

PRENANTHES ROANENSIS;

EID: 84904365953     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/13-1478.1     Document Type: Article

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