Conservation of the endemic fern lineage Diellia (Aspleniaceae) on the Hawaiian Islands: Can population structure indicate regional dynamics and endangering factors?

Folia Geobotanica

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 3-18

  Aguraiuja, Ruth ^a   Zobel, Martin ^b   Zobel, Kristjan ^b   Moora, Mari ^b  

^a Tallinn Botanic Garden   (Estonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Biological invasion; Conservation; Fern; Population dynamics; Regional dynamics

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; EXTINCTION RISK; FERN; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT STRUCTURE; INTRODUCED SPECIES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ANIMALIA; ASPLENIACEAE; DIELLIA; DIELLIA ERECTA; DIELLIA FALCATA; DIELLIA MANNII; DIELLIA PALLIDA; DIELLIA UNISORA; FILICOPHYTA; UNGULATA;

EID: 58649096579     PISSN: 12119520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12224-008-9001-1     Document Type: Article

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