Management actions are required to improve the viability of the rare grassland herb Carlina biebersteinii

Nordic Journal of Botany

Volumn 26, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 83-90

  Ramula, Satu ^a   Puhakainen, Lauri ^c   Suhonen, Jukka ^b   Vallius, Elisa ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FECUNDITY; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GRASSLAND; GROWTH RATE; HERB; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION SIZE; POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS; RARITY; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SYNCHRONY;

CARLINA; CARLINA VULGARIS; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 64549151007     PISSN: 0107055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0107-055X.2008.00159.x     Document Type: Article

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