Population size, plant performance, and genetic variation in the rare plant Arnica montana L. in the Rhön, Germany

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 43-51

  Kahmen, Stefanie ^a   Poschlod, Peter ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Clonal plants; Endangered plants; Fragmentation; Genetic erosion; Phenotypic variation

Indexed keywords

ARNICA MONTANA;

EID: 0001940662     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/1439-1791-00007     Document Type: Article

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