Contrasting effects of herbivory on plant size and reproductive performance in two populations of the critically endangered species, Euphorbia clivicola R. A. Dyer

Plant Ecology

Volumn 145, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 317-325

  Pfab, M F ^a,b   Witkowski, E T F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b Gauteng Direct of Nat Conservation   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Flowering; Fruiting; Palatable; Rare; Reedbuck; Threatened

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED SPECIES; HERBIVORY; POPULATION DECLINE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

EUPHORBIA CLIVICOLA;

EID: 0033373998     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009869011237     Document Type: Article

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