More on the biogeography of scarce vascular plants

Biological Conservation

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 299-302

  Thompson, Ken ^a   Hodgson, John G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Habitat loss; Population aggregation; Rarity; Seed bank

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030019138     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-3207(95)00068-2     Document Type: Article

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