Population biology of Kosteletzkya pentacarpos (Malvaceae) in the Llobregat delta (Catalonia, NE of Spain)

Plant Ecology

Volumn 188, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-16

  Pino, Joan ^a,b   De Roa, Enric ^c  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c Ajuntament del Prat de Llobregat ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

Facilitation; Kosteletzkya pentacarpos; Llobregat delta; Long lived plants; Population biology; Rare wetland plants

Indexed keywords

BIOMONITORING; DICOTYLEDON; FECUNDITY; FLOWERING; GROWTH; POPULATION ECOLOGY; RARE SPECIES; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SURVIVAL; WILD POPULATION;

BARCELONA [CATALONIA]; CATALONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; LLOBREGAT DELTA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

HEXAPODA; INSECTA; KOSTELETZKYA PENTACARPOS; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MALVACEAE;

EID: 33845661515     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-006-9143-2     Document Type: Article

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