Evaluating management interventions in small populations of a perennial herb Primula vulgaris using spatio-temporal analyses of point patterns

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 431-440

  Jacquemyn, Hans ^a   Endels, Patrick ^a   Honnay, Olivier ^a   Wiegand, Thorsten ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

O ring statistics; Pair correlation function; Point pattern analysis; Primula; Random mortality hypothesis; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; EXTINCTION; GRAZING; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT QUALITY; HEDGEROW; HERB; MORTALITY; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL;

BELGIUM; FLANDERS;

ANIMALIA; PRIMULA; PRIMULA VULGARIS; PRIMULACEAE;

EID: 77951186897     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2010.01778.x     Document Type: Article

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