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

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, archive material

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 3

Transition matrices for Asarum canadense clones in early successional forest habitats. Bold-faced values have been estimated as described in the Methods. S=seedlings, Y=yearlings, 1-4+=number of ramets/clone.

		Plot A						Plot B
Transition		S	Y	1	2	3	4+	S	Y	1	2	3	4+
1990-1991	S	0	0	0.16	0.14	1.00	1.00	0	0	0.05	0.11	0.40	0.40
	Y	0.50	0	0	0	0	0	0.50	0	0	0	0	0
	1	0	0.80	0.68	0.14	0	0.25	0	1.00	0.80	0.50	0	0
	2	0	0	0.04	0.43	0.33	0.25	0	0	0.10	0.30	0.25	0
	3	0	0	0	0.29	0.33	0	0	0	0	0.20	0.75	0.50
	4+	0	0	0	0.14	0.33	0.50	0	0	0	0	0	0.50
1991-1992	S	0	0	0	0	0	12.67	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Y	0.50	0	0	0	0	0	0.50	0	0	0	0	0
	1	0	0.57	0.57	0.50	1.00	0.33	0	0.57	0.53	0	0	0
	2	0	0	0.05	0.50	0	0.33	0	0	0.15	1.00	0.67	0
	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.17	0
	4+	0	0	0	0	0	0.33	0	0	0	0	0.17	1.00
1992-1993	S	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.24	0.80	0.40
	Y	0.50	0	0	0	0	0	0.50	0	0	0	0	0
	1	0	0.83	0.86	0.25	0	0	0	1.00	0.67	0.60	0	0
	2	0	0	0.05	0.50	0	1.00	0	0	0	0.30	0	0
	3	0	0	0	0.25	1.00	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	0
	4+	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.10	0	1.0
1993-1994	S	0	0	0.08	0.50	0	0	0	0	0.08	0	0	0.33
	Y	0.50	0	0	0	0	0	0.50	0	0	0	0	0
	1	0	0.32	0.73	0	1.00	0.33	0	0.32	0.85	0	0	0.33
	2	0	0	0	0.75	0	0	0	0	0.15	1.00	0	0
	3	0	0	0	0.25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	4+	0	0	0	0	0	0.67	0	0	0	0	1.00	0.67
1994-1995	S	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Y	0.50	0	0	0	0	0	0.50	0	0	0	0	0
	1	0	0	0.40	0	0	0	0	0	0.79	0.20	0	0
	2	0	0	0.03	1.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.40	0	0
	3	0	0	0	0	1.00	0.33	0	0	0	0.40	1.00	0.33
	4+	0	0	0	0	0	0.67	0	0	0	0	0	0.67

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