The conservation status of an endemic species of northern Sardinia: Centaurea horrida Badaro (Asteraceae)

Plant Biosystems

Volumn 143, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 275-282

  Pisanu, S ^a   Filigheddu, R ^a   Farris, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Habitat Directive; IUCN; Life history; Population size; Population structure; Reproductive traits

Indexed keywords

ASTERACEAE; CENTAUREA; CENTAUREA HORRIDA;

EID: 74949120851     PISSN: 11263504     EISSN: 17245575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11263500902722493     Document Type: Article

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