Relative importance of reproductive biology and establishment ecology for persistence of a rare shrub in a fragmented landscape

Conservation Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 239-249

  Yates, Colin J ^a   Ladd, Philip G ^b  

^a Bentley Delivery Centre   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fire; Plant demography; Pollination biology; Population dynamics; Verticordia fimbrilepis

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED SPECIES; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; PERSISTENCE; REPRODUCTION; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SHRUB;

INSECTA; MYRTACEAE;

EID: 14044265124     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2005.00286.x     Document Type: Article

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