Comparative demography of a rare species in Florida scrub and road habitats

Biological Conservation

Volumn 137, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 263-270

  Quintana Ascencio, Pedro F ^a,b   Weekley, Carl W ^b   Menges, Eric S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b ARCHBOLD BIOLOGICAL STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Endemic species; Human disturbance; Hypericum cumulicola; Lake Wales Ridge; Population dynamics

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FECUNDITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RARE SPECIES; RECRUITMENT; ROAD; SCRUB; SURVIVAL;

ARCHBOLD BIOLOGICAL STATION; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; LAKE WALES RIDGE STATE FOREST; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

HYPERICUM; HYPERICUM CUMULICOLA;

EID: 34147162154     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2007.02.009     Document Type: Article

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