Variation in stage structure and fitness traits between road verge and meadow populations of Colchicum autumnale (Liliaceae): Effects of habitat quality

Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 69-78

  Mróz, Lucyna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WROC AW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Corm geophyte; Fitness traits; Plant size; Population size; Population viability; Reproductive success; Soil characteristics

Indexed keywords

COLCHICUM; COLCHICUM AUTUMNALE; LILIACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 33646264301     PISSN: 00016977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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