Experimental establishment of a declining dry-grassland flagship species in relation to seed origin and target environment

Biological Conservation

Volumn 143, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1202-1211

  Seifert, Birgit ^a,b   Fischer, Markus ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Armeria maritima subsp. elongata; Dispersal limitation; Habitat fragmentation; Habitat network; Habitat suitability; Population size; Seed limitation; Sowing experiment

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; ARID REGION; GERMINATION; GRASSLAND; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT TYPE; HERB; PERSISTENCE; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION SIZE; SEED DISPERSAL; SOWING;

GERMANY;

ARMERIA MARITIMA SUBSP. ELONGATA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 77951022535     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2010.02.028     Document Type: Article

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