Summary 1 The harvest of wild non‐timber forest products (NTFP) represents an important
source of income to millions of people world‐wide. Despite growing concern over the …

American ginseng (Panax quinquefolius L.) is an uncommon to rare understory plant of the
eastern deciduous forest. Harvesting to supply the Asian traditional medicine market made …

Variability in population growth rate is thought to have negative consequences for organism
fitness. Theory for matrix population models predicts that variance in population growth rate …

The response of understory species to elevated temperatures is not well understood but is
important because these plants are highly sensitive to their growth conditions. Three‐year …

The field of plant population ecology has advanced considerably in the last decade since
the first edition was published. In particular there have been substantial and ongoing …

Trade‐offs involving life span are important in the molding of plant life histories. However,
the empirical examination of such patterns has so far been limited by the fact that information …

American ginseng is the premier medicinal plant harvested from the wild in the United
States. In this study, seven populations of ginseng plants were censused every 3 weeks …

Muchas poblaciones del ginseng americano en peligro (Panax quinquefolium) y el
vulnerable puerro silvestre (Allium tricoccum), han declinado y se han extinguido debido a …

1. Allium tricoccum is a long-lived perennial, harvested for its edible bulbs. This study
provides precise information on vital rates in vulnerable populations at the northern limits of …

Plants make up 99.9 percent of the world's living matter, provide food and shelter, and
control the Earth's climate. The study of plant ecology is therefore essential to understanding …