Distribution, status and conservation of a Critically Endangered, extremely narrow endemic: Lamyropsis microcephala (Asteraceae) in Sardinia

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Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 180-186

  Fenu, Giuseppe ^a   Mattana, Efisio ^a   Bacchetta, Gianluigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

IUCN assessment; Lamyropsis microcephala; population size; Sardinia; seed banking

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION STATUS; DICOTYLEDON; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FIELD SURVEY; MAPPING; MONITORING SYSTEM; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION SIZE; RAMET; RED LIST; SEED BANK;

ITALY; SARDINIA;

ASTERACEAE; LAMYROPSIS; MICROCEPHALA;

EID: 79956103633     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605310001122     Document Type: Article

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