Effects of agricultural land use and fragmentation on genetics, demography and population persistence of the rare Primula vulgaris, and implications for conservation

Belgian Journal of Botany

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 5-22

  Jacquemyn, Hans ^a   Van Rossum, Fabienne ^b,d   Brys, Rein ^a,c   Endels, Patrick ^a   Hermy, Martin ^a   Triest, Ludwig ^b   De Blust, Geert ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NATURE AND FOREST INBO   (Belgium)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Agricultural landscape; Allozyme; Fitness; Habitat fragmentation; Heterozygosity; Matrix quality; Population viability; Small landscape elements; Transplantation experiments

Indexed keywords

EMBRYOPHYTA; PRIMULA; PRIMULA VULGARIS; PRIMULACEAE;

EID: 0141725536     PISSN: 07784031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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