Effects of population size on performance in the rare plant Gentianella germanica

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 195-204

  Fischer, Markus ^a   Matthies, Diethart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Common garden study; Demography; Population size; Rare species; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

GENETIC DIVERSITY; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; POPULATION SIZE; RARE PLANT; REPRODUCTIVE PERFORMANCE;

DICOTYLEDONEAE; GENTIANELLA; GENTIANELLA GERMANICA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 0031833175     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.1998.00246.x     Document Type: Article

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