The lack of favorable responses of an endangered pitcher plant to habitat restoration

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 710-717

  Brewer, Stephen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive phenotypic plasticity; Carnivorous plants; Competition; Endangered species; Fire suppression; Fire dependent ecosystems; Pine savannas; Sarracenia

Indexed keywords

CARNIVOROUS PLANT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HABITAT RESTORATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY;

PINUS PALUSTRIS; SARRACENIA RUBRA; SARRACENIACEAE;

EID: 33747039232     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2005.00090.x     Document Type: Article

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