Reproduction of an early-flowering Mediterranean mountain narrow endemic (Armeria caespitosa) in a contracting mountain island

Plant Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 515-524

  Garcia Camacho R ^a   Escudero, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Altitudinal edges; Female reproductive success; Flowering phenology; Mediterranean mountain endemism; Microhabitat variability

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDINAL ZONATION; ANGIOSPERM; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FLOWERING; ISLAND; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; PERSISTENCE; PHENOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE; FLOWER; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PLUMBAGINACEAE; REPRODUCTION; SEASON; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

CLIMATE; FLOWERS; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; PLUMBAGINACEAE; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

ARMERIA CESPITOSA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 67650497791     PISSN: 14358603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1438-8677.2008.00151.x     Document Type: Article

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