Habitat fragmentation and the demographic structure of an Amazonian understory herb (Heliconia acuminata)

Conservation Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1256-1266

  Bruna, Emilio M ^a,c,d   Kress, W John ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HERB; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION STRUCTURE;

HELICONIA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 0036793022     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.2002.99494.x     Document Type: Article

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