Relationship between abundance and fecundity in the endangered grassland annual Euphrasia rostkoviana ssp. fennica

Annales Botanici Fennici

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 194-203

  Schmalholz, Martin ^a   Kiviniemi, Katariina ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Allee effect; Habitat fragmentation; Hemi parasite; Population size and density; Road verge; Semi natural grassland

Indexed keywords

EUPHRASIA; EUPHRASIA ROSTKOVIANA;

EID: 34447552639     PISSN: 00033847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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