Damman, H. and M.L. Cain (1998). Population growth and variability analysis of the clonal woodland herb, Asarum canadense. Journal of Ecology, 86, 293 - 304, Appendix Table 1

Transition matrices for Asarum canadense ramets in early successional forest habitats. Bold-faced values have been estimated as described in the Methods. S=seedlings, Y=yearlings, LS=lateral shoots, M=mature ramets.

		Plot A				Plot B
Transition		S	Y	LS	M	S	Y	LS	M
1990-1991	S	0	0	0.05	0.17	0	0	0.03	0.08
	Y	0.50	0	0	0	0.50	0	0	0
	LS	0	0	0.05	0.18	0	0	0.11	0.16
	M	0	0.800	0.58	0.61	0	1.00	0.58	0.67
1991-1992	S	0	0	0	0.68	0	0	0	0
	Y	0.50	0	0	0	0.50	0	0	0
	LS	0	0	0	0.09	0	0	0	0.09
	M	0	0.57	0.22	0.39	0	0.57	0.40	0.73
1992-1993	S	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.11
	Y	0.50	0	0	0	0.50	0	0	0
	LS	0	0	0	0.06	0	0	0	0.09
	M	0	0.83	0.50	0.84	0	1.00	0.50	0.77
1993-1994	S	0	0	0	0.11	0	0	0	0.06
	Y	0.50	0	0	0	0.50	0	0	0
	LS	0	0	0	0.03	0	0	0	0.09
	M	0	0.32	0.50	0.73	0	0.32	0.50	0.97
1994-1995	S	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Y	0.50	0	0	0	0.50	0	0	0
	LS	0	0	0	0.03	0	0	0	0.12
	M	0	0	1.00	0.62	0	0	0.67	0.88

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