Extrinsic and intrinsic controls on the distribution of the critically endangered cress, Ischnocarpus exilis (Brassicaceae)

Biological Conservation

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 153-160

  Miller, Alice L ^a   Duncan, Richard P ^a  

^a LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Competition; Seed bank; Seed limitation; Threatened plants; Weed invasion

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; HABITAT SELECTION; LIMITING FACTOR; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SEED BANK;

NEW ZEALAND;

BRASSICACEAE; ISCHNOCARPUS;

EID: 0037356690     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(02)00192-1     Document Type: Article

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