Recent trends in stem numbers in Goldenseal, Hydrastis canadensis, populations at the northern limit of its range

Canadian Field-Naturalist

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 112-114

  Sinclair, Adrianne ^a   Catling, Paul M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Demography; Goldenseal; Hydrastis canadensis; Management; Medicinal plant; Monitoring; Population growth rate; Population structure; Population trends; Rare plant; Southwestern Ontario

Indexed keywords

DISTURBANCE; MEDICINAL PLANT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; STEM; VEGETATIVE REPRODUCTION;

CANADA;

HYDRASTIS CANADENSIS;

EID: 0036461707     PISSN: 00083550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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