Intrapopulational size structure of the monocarpic species Saxifraga mutata and its relationship to succession

Flora

Volumn 192, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 151-156

  Holderegger, Rolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Conservation; reproductive threshold; Saxifraga mutata; site dynamics; size structure; succession

Indexed keywords

MOLINIO; PINETUM; SAXIFRAGA MUTATA; MOLINIO-PINETUM; PINUS; SAXIFRAGACEAE;

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CONSERVATION; REPRODUCTIVE THRESHOLD; ROSETTE DIAMETER; SIZE STRUCTURE; SUCCESSION;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0030961934     PISSN: 03672530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0367-2530(17)30770-3     Document Type: Article

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