Buxus in Europe: Late Quaternary dynamics and modern vulnerability

Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 354-362

  Di Domenico, Francesco ^a   Lucchese, Fernando ^a   Magri, Donatella ^b  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Conservation; Distribution; Last glacial period; Plant traits; Population increase; Refugia

Indexed keywords

AUTECOLOGY; BROAD-LEAVED FOREST; CLIMATE EFFECT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DATABASE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EVERGREEN TREE; EXTINCTION RISK; FOSSIL RECORD; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LAST GLACIAL; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LOCAL EXTINCTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; RECOLONIZATION; RECONSTRUCTION; REFUGIUM; SPECIES CONSERVATION; VULNERABILITY;

EUROPE;

BUXUS;

EID: 84866309585     PISSN: 14338319     EISSN: 16180437     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ppees.2012.07.001     Document Type: Article

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