Germination ecology of a federally threatened endemic thistle, Cirsium pitcheri, of the Great Lakes

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 141-153

  Hamzé, Samara I ^a   Jolls, Claudia L ^b  

^a ARCHBOLD BIOLOGICAL STATION   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GERMINATION;

GREAT LAKES; NORTH AMERICA;

CIRSIUM PITCHERI;

EID: 0033963068     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2000)143[0141:GEOAFT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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