Reduced fecundity and offspring performance in small populations of the declining grassland plants Primula veris and Gentiana lutea

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 17-30

  Kéry, Marc ^a   Matthies, Diethart ^a,b   Spillmann, Hans Heinrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Density; Fecundity; Genetic drift; Germination; Inbreeding depression; Plasticity; Pollinator limitation

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENT; FERTILITY; GENETIC EROSION; GERMINATION; GRASSLAND PLANT; HABITAT; INBREEDING; POPULATION; SEED DEVELOPMENT; SELF INCOMPATIBILITY; SURVIVAL;

EXTINCTION RISK; FECUNDITY; INBREEDING DEPRESSION; POPULATION SIZE; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 0342614963     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.2000.00422.x     Document Type: Article

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