Evaluating the consequences of habitat fragmentation: A case study in the common forest herb Trillium camschatcense

Population Ecology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 189-198

  Tomimatsu, Hiroshi ^a   Ohara, Masashi ^b  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Demography; Edge effects; Forest fragmentation; Genetic diversity; Population size; Seedling recruitment

Indexed keywords

EDGE EFFECT; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HERB; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION SIZE; SEED PRODUCTION;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HOKKAIDO; JAPAN;

TRILLIUM; TRILLIUM CAMSCHATCENSE;

EID: 33745699085     PISSN: 14383896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10144-006-0269-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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