Population ecology and conservation status of the last natural population of English yew Taxus baccata in Denmark

Biological Conservation

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 173-182

  Svenning, Jens Christian ^a   Magård, Else ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Forest management; Taxus baccata; Tree recruitment; Understorey light availability; Yew decline

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION STATUS; POPULATION ECOLOGY;

DENMARK;

GYMNOSPERMAE; TAXUS; TAXUS BACCATA;

EID: 0344267723     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(98)00106-2     Document Type: Article

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