Sex in the city: Reproductive success of Digitalis purpurea in a gradient from urban to rural sites

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 158-164

  Verboven, Hans A F ^a   Brys, Rein ^a,b   Hermy, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NATURE AND FOREST INBO   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Digitalis purpurea; Experimental populations; Pollen limitation; Reproductive success; Urban rural gradient; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

INVESTMENTS; LAND USE; PLANTS (BOTANY); RURAL AREAS;

EXPERIMENTAL POPULATIONS; POLLEN LIMITATION; PURPUREA; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; URBAN-RURAL GRADIENTS; URBANIZATION;

URBAN GROWTH;

HABITAT TYPE; HERB; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; POLLINATION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RURAL AREA; SEED SET; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION;

DIGITALIS PURPUREA;

EID: 84860350565     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2012.02.015     Document Type: Article

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