Outbreeding, seedling establishment, and maladaptation in natural and reintroduced populations of rare and common Silene douglasii (Caryophyllaceae)

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 92, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1691-1700

  Lofflin, Diana L ^a,b   Kephart, Susan R ^a  

^a WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Caryophyllaceae; Inbreeding; Maladaptation; Oregon; Rarity; Reintroduction; Seedling survival; Silene

Indexed keywords

GERMINATION; REINTRODUCTION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT;

NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CARYOPHYLLACEAE; SILENE; SILENE DOUGLASII;

EID: 26444598430     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: 00029122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.92.10.1691     Document Type: Article

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