Extinction thresholds and disrupted plant-pollinator interactions in fragmented plant populations

Ecology

Volumn 83, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 3060-3072

  Lennartsson, Tommy ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Extinction risk; Extinction threshold; Gentianella campestris; Grassland; Habitat fragmentation; Herkogamy; Inbreeding depression; Matrix population model; Plant demography; Pollen limitation; Pollinator abundance; Population viability analysis

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXTINCTION RISK; GRASSLAND; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HERB; MINIMUM VIABLE POPULATION; POLLINATION;

ANIMALIA; GENTIANELLA CAMPESTRIS;

EID: 0000679330     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2002)083[3060:ETADPP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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