Variation in life-cycle between three rare and endangered floodplain violets in two regions: Implications for population viability and conservation

Biologia

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 69-80

  Eckstein, Rolf Lutz ^a   Danihelka, Jiří ^b,c   Otte, Annette ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Conservation; Demography; Life table response experiment (LTRE); Matrix models; Viola elatior; Viola pumila; Viola stagninaI

Indexed keywords

VIOLA; VIOLA ELATIOR; VIOLA PUMILA; VIOLA STAGNINA; VIOLACEAE;

EID: 59149094980     PISSN: 00063088     EISSN: 13369563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11756-009-0002-1     Document Type: Article

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