Effect of habitat deterioration on population dynamics and extinction risks in a previously common perennial

Conservation Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1633-1643

  Brys, Rein ^a,b   Jacquemyn, Hans ^b   Endels, Patrick ^b   De Blust, Geert ^a   Hermy, Martin ^b  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NATURE AND FOREST INBO   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

LTRE analysis; Nitrogen enrichment; Population dynamics; Primula veris; Stochastic simulations; Vital rates

Indexed keywords

EXTINCTION RISK; LAND MANAGEMENT; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PERENNIAL PLANT; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ANIMALIA; PRIMULA VERIS; PRIMULACEAE;

EID: 28344448592     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2005.00216.x     Document Type: Article

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