Conservation and possible reintroduction of an endangered plant based on an analysis of community ecology: A case study of Primulina tabacum Hance in China

Plant Species Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 43-50

  Ren, Hai ^a   Zhang, Qianmei ^a   Wang, Zhengfeng ^a   Guo, Qinfeng ^b   Wang, June ^a   Liu, Nan ^a   Liang, Kaiming ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Canonical correspondence analysis; Detrended correspondence analysis; Endangered plant; Primulina tabacum; Reintroduction

Indexed keywords

BRYOPHYTA; GYMNOSTOMIELLA; HETEROSCYPHUS COALITUS; PILEA; PRIMULINA TABACUM; PTERIDIUM; PTERIS; PTERIS CRETICA;

EID: 77954243680     PISSN: 0913557X     EISSN: 14421984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-1984.2009.00261.x     Document Type: Article

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