The value of structuring rarity: The seven types and links to reproductive ecology

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 963-985

  Espeland, Erin K ^a   Emam, Taraneh M ^b  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Endemism; Generalist; Pollination; Range size; Rarity; Seed dispersal

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DATA SET; ENDEMIC SPECIES; GENERALIST; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MATRIX; OUTCROSSING; PLANT; POLLINATION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RANGE SIZE; RARE SPECIES; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEED DISPERSAL; SPECIALIZATION;

EID: 79954997843     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-011-0007-2     Document Type: Article

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