Effects of habitat fragmentation and soil quality on reproduction in two heathland Genista species

Plant Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 622-629

  Tsaliki, M ^a   Diekmann, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Calluna vulgaris heathlands; Germination; Population isolation; Population size; Soil nutrients

Indexed keywords

WATER; SOIL;

GERMINATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HEATHLAND; LEGUME; MAMMAL; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PH; POPULATION SIZE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SEED PREDATION; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL QUALITY;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; GENISTA; GERMANY; GERMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTION; SOIL; STATISTICAL MODEL; ANALYSIS;

ECOSYSTEM; GENISTA; GERMANY; GERMINATION; LINEAR MODELS; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTION; SOIL; WATER;

ANIMALIA; APION; CALLUNA; CALLUNA VULGARIS; GENISTA; GENISTA ANGLICA; GENISTA PILOSA;

EID: 77955976667     PISSN: 14358603     EISSN: 14388677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1438-8677.2009.00266.x     Document Type: Article

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