Negative effects of habitat degradation and fragmentation on the declining grassland plant Trifolium montanum

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 61-69

  Schleuning, Matthias ^a   Niggemann, Marc ^a   Becker, Ute ^a   Matthies, Diethart ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Light competition; Local density; Management; Offspring fitness; Perennial plant; Population isolation; Population size; Recruitment; Reproduction; Stage structure

Indexed keywords

MAGNOLIOPHYTA; TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM MONTANUM;

EID: 57649180655     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: 16180089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2007.12.002     Document Type: Article

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