Rapid response to habitat restoration by the perennial Primula veris as revealed by demographic monitoring

Plant Ecology

Volumn 176, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 143-156

  Endels, Patrick ^a   Jacquemyn, Hans ^a   Brys, Rein ^a   Hermy, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Calcareous grassland restoration; Matrix projection models; Plant demography; Population dynamics; Sensitivity analysis

Indexed keywords

CALCAREOUS GRASSLAND; DEMOGRAPHY; FECUNDITY; GROWTH; HABITAT RESTORATION; SURVIVAL;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

MESOBROMION; PRIMULA VERIS; PRIMULACEAE;

EID: 21144432027     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-004-0026-0     Document Type: Review

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