An integrated approach for the conservation of threatened plants: The case of Arabis kennedyae (Brassicaceae)

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 239-248

  Andreou, M ^a   Delipetrou, P ^a   Kadis, C ^b   Tsiamis, G ^c   Bourtzis, K ^c   Georghiou, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b FREDERICK UNIVERSITY   (Cyprus)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cyprus; Genetic diversity; Habitats' Directive; Monitoring; Plant conservation; Reproductive biology; Threatened species

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION PLANNING; DICOTYLEDON; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FIRE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIATION; GERMINATION; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; HABITAT CONSERVATION; INTEGRATED APPROACH; INTERPOPULATION VARIATION; POPULATION SIZE; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; ROAD CONSTRUCTION; SEED BANK; SEED DORMANCY; SUBPOPULATION;

CYPRUS;

ARABIS; BRASSICACEAE;

EID: 79953748327     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2011.02.007     Document Type: Article

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