Conservation of long-lived perennial forest herbs in an urban context: Primula elatior as study case

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 119-128

  Van Rossum, Fabienne ^a,b  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b BOTANIC GARDEN MEISE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Allozymes; Genetic erosion; Population size; Recruitment rate; Urban habitat fragmentation

Indexed keywords

ALLOZYME; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DEMOGRAPHY; GENE FLOW; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC STRUCTURE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HERB; INBREEDING; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PERENNIAL PLANT; POPULATION SIZE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REGENERATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPECIES RICHNESS; URBAN ECOSYSTEM;

PRIMULA ELATIOR; PRIMULACEAE;

EID: 38049049274     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-007-9314-2     Document Type: Article

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