Age structure of Juniperus communis L. in the Iberian peninsula: Conservation of remnant populations in Mediterranean mountains

Biological Conservation

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 215-220

  García, Daniel ^a   Zamora, Regino ^a   Hódar, José A ^a   Gómez, José M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Age structure; Iberian peninsula; Juniperus communis; Mediterranean high mountain; Remnant populations; Sierra Nevada

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; CONIFEROUS TREE; CONSERVATION; ISOLATED POPULATION; POPULATION ECOLOGY; VIABILITY;

SPAIN;

JUNIPERUS COMMUNIS;

EID: 0032890160     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(98)00059-7     Document Type: Article

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