Biogeography and decline of rare plants in New England: Historical evidence and contemporary monitoring

Ecological Applications

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1327-1337

  Farnsworth, Elizabeth J ^a   Ogurcak, Danielle E ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Distribution dynamics; GIS; Herbarium records; Historical plant collections; Marginal populations; New England, USA; Rare plants; Rarity; Species range

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CONSERVATION STATUS; GIS; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; HERBARIUM; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; MONITORING; PLANT; RARE SPECIES; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

NEW ENGLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33747143072     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: 10510761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(2006)016[1327:BADORP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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