Determinants of reproductive success: A comparative study of five endangered river corridor plants in fragmented habitats

Biological Conservation

Volumn 141, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1095-1104

  Winter, Christina ^a   Lehmann, Silke ^a   Diekmann, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Germination; Number of seeds; Population isolation; Population size; Seed predation; Soil quality

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ALLUVIAL PLAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FLOODPLAIN; GERMINATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HERB; ISOLATED POPULATION; PERENNIAL PLANT; POLLEN LIMITATION; POLLINATION; POPULATION SIZE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEED PRODUCTION; SOIL QUALITY;

EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIA LATHYRIS; HEXAPODA; LATHYRUS; LATHYRUS PALUSTRIS; SANGUISORBA; SANGUISORBA OFFICINALIS; SENECIO; SENECIO PALUDOSUS; VERONICA; VERONICA LONGIFOLIA;

EID: 41949134593     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2008.02.002     Document Type: Article

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