Life history and demographic features of Aster kantoensis, an endangered local endemic of floodplains

Biological Conservation

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 345-352

  Takenaka, Akio ^a   Washitani, Izumi ^b   Kuramoto, Noboru ^c   Inoue, Ken ^d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^c Tokyo Park Association   (Japan)

^d SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aster kantoensis; endemic plant; floodplain; life history; metapopulation

Indexed keywords

ASTER KANTOENSIS; ASTER; ASTERACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

DEMOGRAPHY; ENDEMIC PLANT; FLOODPLAIN; LIFE HISTORY; METAPOPULATION;

JAPAN, HONSHU;

EID: 0030302895     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(96)00036-5     Document Type: Article

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