How can we protect rare hemiparasitic plants? Early-flowering taxa of Euphrasia and rhinanthus on the Baltic Island of Gotland

Folia Geobotanica

Volumn 40, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 261-272

  Svensson, Brita M ^a   Carlsson, Bengt Å ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cohort; Euphrasia stricta var. suecica; Euphrasia stricta var. tenuis; Fitness; Rhinanthus serotinus subsp. vernalis; Semi natural grasslands; Wooded hay meadow

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FITNESS; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HEMIPARASITE; MEADOW;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GOTLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN; WORLD;

EUPHRASIA; EUPHRASIA STRICTA; RHINANTHUS; RHINANTHUS SEROTINUS;

EID: 22444435251     PISSN: 12119520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02803239     Document Type: Article

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