Spatio-temporal variation of reproductive success and conservation of the narrow-endemic Centaurea corymbosa (Asteraceae)

Biological Conservation

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 375-386

  Colas, Bruno ^a,b,c   Olivieri, Isabelle ^b,d   Riba, Miquel ^e  

^a Castel Sainte Claire ^*  (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c UPMC University Paris 06   (France)

^d INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^e UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Allee effect; Fertilization rate; Floral display; Resource limitation; Seed to ovule ratio

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000786344     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(00)00229-9     Document Type: Article

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