Performance of Lychnis flos-cuculi from fragmented populations under experimental biotic interactions

Ecology

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1002-1011

  Galeuchet, David J ^a   Perret, Catherine ^a   Fischer, Markus ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allee effect; Anther smut; Biotic interactions; Common garden experiment; Competition; Fitness; Greenhouse experiment; Lychnis flos cuculi; Microbotryum violaceum; Population size; Silene flos cuculi

Indexed keywords

ALLEE EFFECT; GENETICS; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; PATHOGEN;

ANTHOXANTHUM ODORATUM; CUCULI; FLOS; LYCHNIS; LYCHNIS FLOS-CUCULI; MICROBOTRYUM VIOLACEUM; SILENE;

EID: 16844384389     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/03-0762     Document Type: Article

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