Population-size effects on seeds and seedlings from fragmented eucalypt populations: Implications for seed sourcing for ecological restoration

Australian Journal of Botany

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 390-399

  Krauss, Siegfried L ^a,b   Hermanutz, Luise ^c   Hopper, Stephen D ^b,d   Coates, David J ^e  

^a BOTANIC GARDENS AND PARKS AUTHORITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^d ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS   (United Kingdom)

^e DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND CONSERVATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVERGREEN TREE; FITNESS; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; POPULATION SIZE; RECRUITMENT; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED PRODUCTION; SEEDLING; SURVIVAL;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

AVES; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS SALMONOPHLOIA; EUCALYPTUS SALUBRIS;

EID: 34249099358     PISSN: 00671924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/BT06141     Document Type: Article

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