Population stage structure, survival and recruitment in the endangered East African forest herb Saintpaulia

Plant Ecology

Volumn 192, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 85-95

  Kolehmainen, Johanna ^a   Mutikainen, Pia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

African violet; Eastern Arc Mountains; Gesneriaceae; Habitat quality; Life history; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

EDGE EFFECT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT QUALITY; HERB; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MORALITY; MORTALITY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RECRUITMENT; REGENERATION; SEASONALITY; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SURVIVAL; UNDERSTORY;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EASTERN ARC MOUNTAINS; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

GESNERIACEAE; SAINTPAULIA; SAINTPAULIA CONFUSA; SAINTPAULIA DIFFICILIS; SAINTPAULIA GROTEI;

EID: 35948985496     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-006-9228-y     Document Type: Article

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