Habitat fragmentation reduces plant fitness by disturbing pollination and modifying response to herbivory

Biological Conservation

Volumn 141, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2540-2549

  Kolb, Annette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Perennial herb; Phyteuma spicatum; Plant animal interactions; Population isolation; Population size; Reproductive success

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HERB; HERBIVORY; ISOLATED POPULATION; POLLINATION; POPULATION SIZE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

ANIMALIA; CAMPANULACEAE; PHYTEUMA SPICATUM;

EID: 52049125211     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2008.07.015     Document Type: Article

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