Hybridization and the extinction of rare plant species

Conservation Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 10-16

  Levin, Donald A ^a   Francisco Ortega, Javier ^a   Jansen, Robert K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTINCTION; HYBRIDIZATION; RARE PLANT;

EID: 0029667680     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.1996.10010010.x     Document Type: Article

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