Challenges to introducing and managing disturbance regimes for Holocarpha macradenia, an endangered annual grassland forb

Conservation Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1121-1131

  Holl, Karen D ^a   Hayes, Grey F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve   (United States)

Author keywords

California coastal prairie; Grazing; Litter; Mitigation; Rare plant; Santa Cruz tarplant; Seed germination; Seedling; Translocation

Indexed keywords

CLIPPING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GERMINATION; GRASSLAND; HABITAT CONSERVATION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LITTER; SEEDLING EMERGENCE;

ARTICLE; ASTERACEAE; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FLOWER; GERMINATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; REPRODUCTION; SEEDLING;

ASTERACEAE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENT; FLOWERS; GERMINATION; REPRODUCTION; SEEDLING; SEEDS;

HOLOCARPHA MACRADENIA;

EID: 33746377552     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2006.00416.x     Document Type: Article

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