Factors affecting persistence of wenatchee mountains checker-mallow: An exploratory look at a rare endemic

Northwest Science

Volumn 79, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 172-178

  Zimmerman, Tara Goldsmith ^a,b   Reichard, Sarah Hayden ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED SPECIES; HABITAT LOSS; PERSISTENCE; POLLINATOR; SEED PREDATION; SUCCESSION;

CHELAN COUNTY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

APOIDEA; CURCULIONIDAE; DIADASIA NIGRIFRONS; INSECTA; MACRORHOPTUS SIDALCEAE; SIDALCEA; SIDALCEA MALVIFLORA; SIDALCEA OREGANA;

EID: 29644438264     PISSN: 0029344X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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