Roles of succession, light, nutrients and disturbance on population vigor and maintenance of the rare plant Solidago shortii (Asteraceae)

Plant Ecology

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 133-147

  Walck, Jeffrey L ^b   Baskin, Jerry M ^a   Baskin, Carol C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation biology; Endangered plant species; Growth analysis; Landscape ecology; Management; Metapopulation

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION PLANNING; DISTURBANCE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; LIGHT EFFECT; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; SUCCESSION;

SOLIDAGO SHORTII;

EID: 0033374085     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009848219836     Document Type: Article

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