Seed production in a threatened Aloe is not affected by bird exclusion or population size

Plant Ecology

Volumn 203, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 173-182

  Wilson, Amy Leigh ^a   Ward, David ^a   Brown, Mark ^a   Johnson, Steven D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Allee effects; Habitat fragmentation; Inbreeding depression; Isolation; Pollen limitation

Indexed keywords

ALLEE EFFECT; BIRD; CONSERVATION GENETICS; ENDEMIC SPECIES; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; INBREEDING DEPRESSION; ISOLATED POPULATION; MONOCOTYLEDON; NECTAR; OUTCROSSING; POLLEN LIMITATION; POPULATION SIZE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEED PRODUCTION; SELF INCOMPATIBILITY; VIABILITY;

ALOE; AVES; HEXAPODA;

EID: 70349690564     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-008-9524-9     Document Type: Article

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