role of density dependence in the population dynamics of a tropical palm - Silva Matos, D.M; Freckleton, R.P; Watkinson, A.R (Ecology (Durham), 1999)
Keywords: Animal and plant ecology; Animal, plant and microbial ecology; Atlantic Forest, Brazil; Biogeography; Biological and medical sciences; Botany; Brazil; Demecology; Demography; Density dependence; density dependence in tropical trees; edible palm; elasticity analysis; Euterpe edulis; Evaluation; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; matrix analysis; Mortality; palmito; plant ecology; plant population dynamics; Plants; Plants and fungi; Population density; Population dynamics; Population ecology; Population growth; Population growth rate; population regulation; Population size; Rainforests; Seedlings; size structure; spatial dynamics; transition matrix in G–L–F space; Trees; Tropical Forests; tropics; Brazil; South America; America; United States; Population regulation; Monocotyledones; Life history; Forests; Edible species; Tropical zone; Angiospermae; Spermatophyta; Density dependence; Population dynamics; Palmae; Modeling