Is the endangered Apium repens (Jacq.) Lag. rare because of a narrow regeneration niche?

Plant Species Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 111-118

  Burmeier, Sandra ^b   Jensen, Kai ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Germination ecology; Habitats Directive; Rare plant species; Seed buoyancy; Soil seed bank

Indexed keywords

APIUM REPENS;

EID: 70350192266     PISSN: 0913557X     EISSN: 14421984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-1984.2008.00212.x     Document Type: Article

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