Conservation of wet meadow species in an urban context: Lychnis flos-cuculi as study case

Belgian Journal of Botany

Volumn 142, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 98-110

  van Rossum, Fabienne ^a,b  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b BOTANIC GARDEN MEISE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Allozymes; Floral display; Fruit set; Gene flow; Population size; Urban habitat fragmentation

Indexed keywords

CARYOPHYLLACEAE; HEXAPODA; LYCHNIS; LYCHNIS FLOS-CUCULI;

EID: 77950050233     PISSN: 07784031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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