Prediction of extinction in plants: Interaction of extrinsic threats and life history traits

Ecology

Volumn 88, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2662-2672

  Fréville, Hélène ^a,b   Mcconway, Kevin ^a   Dodd, Mike ^a   Silvertown, Jonathan ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Biomass; Extinction risk; Habitat fragmentation; Life history traits; Nitrogen; Park Grass Experiment; pH; Plants

Indexed keywords

ACID SOIL; COMPENSATION; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; EXTINCTION RISK; FLOWERING; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT QUALITY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PREDICTION; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY;

NITROGEN;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; POACEAE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RISK FACTOR; SOIL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES EXTINCTION; STANDARD;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BIOMASS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NITROGEN; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PLANTS; POACEAE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS; SOIL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 38449085710     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/06-1453.1     Document Type: Article

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