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Cristina Linares, Daniel F. Doak, Rafel Coma, David Díaz, and Mikel Zabala. 2007. Life history and viability of a long-lived marine invertebrate: the octocoral Paramuricea clavata. Ecology 88:918–928.

Appendix B. Relation between lifespan and elasticity of recruitment (erec).

Species

Organisms

Population

Lifespan

erec

Reference

Ascophyllum nodosum

Algae

Tjarno

139

0.068

Aberg 1992

   

Goteborg

198

0.03

 

Goniastrea aspera

Coral

 

23

0.036

Babcock 1991

Goniastrea favulus

Coral

 

25

0.0875

 

Platygyra synensis

Coral

 

21

0.0199

 

Alcyonium sp

Soft coral

Tatoosh Island

30

0.1681

McFadden 1991

   

Botanical beach

50

0.0866

 

Plexaura A

Gorgonian

 

41

0.291

Lasker 1991

Leptogorgia virgulata

Gorgonian

 

81

0.0702

Gotelli 1991

Paramuricea clavata

Gorgonian

Medes Islands

49

0.011

This study

   

Cap de Creus

102

0.013

 
           

Pinguicula villosa

Herb

 

14

0.267

Svensson et al 1993, Ehlren and Lehtila 2002

Panax quinquefolium

Herb

  25

0.227

Charron and Gagnon, 1991

Cynoglossum virginianum

Herb

 

28

0.207

Cipollini et al 1993

Espeletia timonensis

Herb

 

10

0.19

Silva et al 2000

Lomatium bradshawii

Herb

 

4

0.145

Kaye et al 2001

Arisaema serratum

Herb

 

7

0.136

Kinoshita,1987

Pinguicula vulgaris

Herb

 

29

0.12

Svensson et al 1993, Ehlren and Lehtila 2002

Gentiana pneumonathe

Herb

 

14

0.096

Oostermeijer et al 1996

Espeletia spicata

Herb

 

2

0.09

Silva et al 2000

Pinguicula alpina

Herb

 

106

0.089

Svensson et al 1993, Ehlren and Lehtila 2002

Lathyrus vernus

Herb

 

188

0.047

Ehrlen, 2000

Geum rivale

Herb

 

18

0.03

Kiviniemi, 2002

Agrimonia eupatoria

Herb

 

119

0.025

Kiviniemi, 2002

Leptanthes caritensis

Herb

 

207

0.02

Tremblay, 1997

Silene acaulis

Herb

 

310

0.016

Morris and Doak, 1998

Minuartia obtusiloba

Herb

 

200

0.012

Forbis and Doak 2004

Paronychia pulvinata

Herb

 

324

0.011

Forbis and Doak 2004

           

Alnus incana

Shrub

 

20

0

Huenneke and Marks 1987

Banksia ericifolia

Shrub

 

41

0.1483

Bradstock and O'Connell 1988

Betula nana

Shrub

 

11

0

Ebert and Ebert 1989

Calluna vulgaris

Shrub

 

20

0.2874

Scandrett and Gimingham 1989

Cassia nemophila

Shrub

 

43

0.0918

Silander 1983

Petrophile pulchella

Shrub

 

62

0.1585

Bradstock and O'Connell 1988

Podococcus barteri

Shrub

 

34

0.0081

Bullock 1980

           

Araucaria cunninghamii

Tree

 

256

0.0078

Enright and Watson 1991

Araucaria hunsteinii

Tree

 

182

0.0116

Enright 1982

Astrocaryum mexicanum

Tree

 

123

0.0081

Piñero et al. 1984

Avicennia marina

Tree

 

39

0.0974

Burns and Ogden 1985

Fagus grandifolia

Tree

 

33

0.0078

Batista et al. 1998

Iriartea deltoidea

Tree

 

66

0.0324

Pinard 1993

Nothofagus fusca

Tree

 

246

0.0084

Enright and Ogden 1979

Pentaclethra macroloba

Tree

 

139

0.0091

Hartshorn 1975

Pinus palustris

Tree

 

226

0.0057

Platt et al. 1988

Rhopalostylis sapida

Tree

 

222

0.0081

Enright and Watson 1992

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