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Population viability in plants : conservation, management, and modeling of rare plants /

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Providing a quantitative assessment of threatened plant populations, that holds for varying management scenarios, has become an essential part of conservation planning. Here, renowned plant ecologists provide information on: major threats to plants, when and where to conduct a plant viability assess...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Brigham, C. A. (Christy A.), 1972-, Schwartz, M. W. (Mark W.), 1958-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin ; New York : Springer, [2003]
Series:Ecological studies ; v. 165.
Subjects:
Plant conservation.
Rare plants > Population viability analysis.
Life Sciences.
Community & Population Ecology.
Plant Sciences.
Environmental Management.
Plantes > Conservation.
Plantes rares > Analyse de viabilité des populations.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Why Plant Population Viability Assessment?- Threats to Plant Population Viability: An Introduction
  • Factors Affecting Persistence in Formerly Common and Historically Rare Plants
  • The Relationship Between Plant-Pathogen and Plant-Herbivore Interactions and Plant Population Persistence in a Fragmented Landscape
  • The Origin and Extinction of Species Through Hybridization
  • Approaches to Modeling Population Viability in Plants: An Overview
  • The Problem and Potential of Count-Based Population Viability Analyses (PVAs)
  • Habitat Models for PVA
  • Assessing Population Viability in Long-Lived Plants
  • Considering Interactions: Incorporating Biotic Interactions into Viability Assessment
  • Modeling the Effects of Disturbance, Spatial Variation and Environmental Heterogeneity on Population Viability of Plants
  • Projecting the Success of Plant Restoration with PVA
  • Plant Population Viability: Where to from Here?