Effects of habitat fragmentation on Dombeya acutangula (Sterculiaceae), a native tree on La Reunion (Indian Ocean)

Biological Conservation

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 43-51

  Gigord, Luc ^a,b   Picot, Frédéric ^c   Shykoff, Jacqui A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LA RÉUNION   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^c D 12 Rte Colimasons 97436 S Leu ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Conservation; Habitat disturbance; Introduced species; Management; Pollination; Small populations

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; POLLINATION; POPULATION SIZE; SEED PRODUCTION; TREE;

REUNION;

DOMBEYA ACUTANGULA;

EID: 0033043989     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(98)00092-5     Document Type: Article

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