Allee effects limit population viability of an annual plant

American Naturalist

Volumn 151, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 487-496

  Groom, Martha J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allee effects; Clarkia concinna; Extinction; Pollination; Thresholds

Indexed keywords

ALLEE EFFECT; ANNUAL PLANT; ENDANGERED PLANT; POPULATION VIABILITY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

ANIMALIA; CLARKIA; CLARKIA CONCINNA;

EID: 0031748982     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/286135     Document Type: Article

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