APPENDIX 1

Mean transition ratesfor the three out of the five populations of Centaurea horrida (AHO = Alghero; ASI = Asinara; STI = Stintino) over the years of the study (2004-2009).

MEAN PROJECTION MATRICES
AHO / seedl / sapl / R1 / R2 / R3
seedl / 0 / 0 / 0.012511599 / 0.054654008 / 0.272092771
λ=0.9879 / sapl / 0.677948718 / 0.587932046 / 0.005555556 / 0.004166667 / 0
R1 / 0 / 0.199327513 / 0.698958091 / 0 / 0
R2 / 0 / 0.017360704 / 0.218017809 / 0.816501045 / 0.024530663
R3 / 0 / 0 / 0.005555556 / 0.136058312 / 0.921720603
ASI / seedl / sapl / R1 / R2 / R3
seedl / 0 / 0 / 0.00479712 / 0.029379154 / 0.143348473
λ=0.9989 / sapl / 0.732307692 / 0.540266923 / 0 / 0 / 0
R1 / 0 / 0.281466246 / 0.68177305 / 0.005141727 / 0
R2 / 0 / 0.007692308 / 0.257841945 / 0.796467851 / 0.01172795
R3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0.160234634 / 0.952611025
STI / seedl / sapl / R1 / R2 / R3
seedl / 0 / 0 / 0.001508456 / 0.017226145 / 0.135349225
λ=1.0007 / sapl / 0.69712946 / 0.662637347 / 0.001612903 / 0.002197802 / 0
R1 / 0 / 0.185305435 / 0.735395313 / 0.004395604 / 0
R2 / 0 / 0 / 0.203707684 / 0.841927173 / 0.007116316
R3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0.110349757 / 0.981325362
MEAN ELASTICITY MATRICES
AHO / seedl / sapl / R1 / R2 / R3
seedl / 0 / 0 / 0.000289847 / 0.001931103 / 0.022103833
sapl / 0.024324782 / 0.026135605 / 0.000363888 / 0.000408418 / 0
R1 / 0 / 0.022515016 / 0.056468985 / 0 / 0
R2 / 0 / 0.002582073 / 0.021106776 / 0.321898703 / 0.009910626
R3 / 0 / 0 / 0.000754505 / 0.031259955 / 0.457945862
ASI / seedl / sapl / R1 / R2 / R3
seedl / 0 / 0 / 0.000150356 / 0.001991565 / 0.021810362
sapl / 0.023952283 / 0.055478173 / 0 / 0 / 0
R1 / 0 / 0.023654038 / 0.053046373 / 0.00081857 / 0
R2 / 0 / 0.000298246 / 0.024322252 / 0.177746175 / 0.007275383
R3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0.029085744 / 0.580370481
STI / seedl / sapl / R1 / R2 / R3
seedl / 0 / 0 / 1.73113E-05 / 0.000271488 / 0.010249481
sapl / 0.010538282 / 0.150782273 / 3.55139E-05 / 4.49663E-06 / 0
R1 / 0 / 0.010578033 / 0.0352017 / 0.000190101 / 0
R2 / 0 / 0 / 0.010715307 / 0.098269683 / 0.003319264
R3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0.013568507 / 0.656258197