Weather and herbivores influence fertility in the endangered fern Botrychium multifidum (S.G. Gmel.) Rupr

Plant Ecology

Volumn 203, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 23-31

  Mesipuu, Meeli ^a   Shefferson, Richard P ^b   Kull, Tiiu ^a  

^a ESTONIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Estonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dormancy; Endangered plant species; Environmental stochasticity; Herbivory; Population dynamics; Semi natural community

Indexed keywords

DORMANCY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FERN; FERTILITY; HERBIVORE; HERBIVORY; PERSISTENCE; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION SIZE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEASONAL VARIATION; SPORULATION; STOCHASTICITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; WEATHER;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOTRYCHIUM MULTIFIDUM; FILICOPHYTA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 67849109767     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-008-9501-3     Document Type: Article

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