Distribution, shape and clonal growth of the rare endemic tree Olea europaea subsp. laperrinei (Oleaceae) in the Saharan mountains of Niger

Plant Ecology

Volumn 198, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 73-87

  Anthelme, Fabien ^a   Abdoulkader, Afane ^b   Besnard, Guillaume ^c  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ ABDOU MOUMOUNI   (Niger)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Arid; Habitat fragmentation; Human activities; Isolation; Microsatellite markers; Multiple demographic strategy; Remnant population

Indexed keywords

CLONE; DECIDUOUS TREE; ENDEMIC SPECIES; GROWTH RESPONSE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; POPULATION SIZE; RARITY; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION; SHAPE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL;

AFRICA; AIR; ALGERIA; DARFUR; EAST AFRICA; HOGGAR; NIGER [WEST AFRICA]; NORTH AFRICA; SAHARA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; SUDAN; WEST AFRICA;

OLEA EUROPAEA SUBSP. LAPERRINEI; OLEACEAE;

EID: 48449087351     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-007-9386-6     Document Type: Article

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