A fire-explicit population viability analysis of Hypericum cumulicola in Florida rosemary scrub

Conservation Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 433-449

  Quintana Ascencio, Pedro Francisco ^a,b   Menges, Eric S ^a   Weekley, Carl W ^a  

^a ARCHBOLD BIOLOGICAL STATION   (United States)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE CONSERVACIÓN DE LA BIODIVERSIDAD   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXTINCTION RISK; FIRE MANAGEMENT; MINIMUM VIABLE POPULATION; PLANT;

UNITED STATES;

HYPERICUM CUMULICOLA; ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS;

EID: 0042260563     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.2003.01431.x     Document Type: Article

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