Demographic effects of large, introduced herbivores on a long-lived endemic plant

Plant Ecology

Volumn 213, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1543-1553

  Pisanu, Stefania ^a   Farris, Emmanuele ^a   Filigheddu, Rossella ^a   García, Maria Begoña ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTO PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Centaurea horrida Bad.; Demography; LTRE; Mediterranean; Stochastic matrix models; Ungulates introduction

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; DICOTYLEDON; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDEMIC SPECIES; GROWTH RATE; HERBIVORE; INTRODUCED SPECIES; ISLAND; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PROTECTED AREA; SURVIVAL; UNGULATE;

ITALY; SARDINIA;

ASTERACEAE; CENTAUREA; CENTAUREA HORRIDA; UNGULATA;

EID: 84870345309     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-012-0110-9     Document Type: Article

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