Consequences of patch size and isolation for a rare plant: Pollen limitation and seed predation

Natural Areas Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 239-244

  Bigger, David S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Aster curtus; Pollen limitation; Prairie; Seed predation; Seed viability

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED SPECIES; ISOLATION EFFECT; LIMITING FACTOR; PATCH SIZE; POLLINATION; SEED PREDATION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032779680     PISSN: 08858608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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