Hierarchies of cause: Understanding rarity in an endemic shrub Verticordia staminosa (Myrtaceae) with a highly restricted distribution

Australian Journal of Botany

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 194-205

  Yates, Colin J ^a   Ladd, Philip G ^b   Coates, David J ^a   McArthur, Shelley ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND CONSERVATION   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOZYME; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DIVERGENCE; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FOREST FIRE; GENETIC VARIATION; INTRAPOPULATION VARIATION; ISOLATED POPULATION; LOCAL EXTINCTION; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS; RARITY; RECRUITMENT; SEED PRODUCTION; SHRUB; SPECIES CONSERVATION; STOCHASTICITY; SUBSPECIES;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

MYRTACEAE; VERTICORDIA STAMINOSA;

EID: 34249070508     PISSN: 00671924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/BT06032     Document Type: Article

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