Seed production, germinability and seedling growth for a bird-pollinated shrub in fragments of kwongan in south-west Australia

Biological Conservation

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 306-314

  Yates, Colin J ^a   Elliott, Carole ^a   Byrne, Margaret ^a   Coates, David J ^a   Fairman, Richard ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND CONSERVATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bird pollination; Fragmentation; Gene flow; Inbreeding depression; Mating system; Plant reproduction

Indexed keywords

BIRD; GERMINATION; GROWTH; INBREEDING DEPRESSION; MORTALITY; ORNITHOPHILY; POPULATION SIZE; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEED PRODUCTION; SHRUB;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

AVES; CALOTHAMNUS; MYRTACEAE;

EID: 33847359061     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2006.12.003     Document Type: Article

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