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Patch aging and the S-Allee effect: breeding system effects on the demographic response of plants to habitat fragmentation.
The American naturalist - 1 Mar 2007
Wagenius Stuart, Lonsdorf Eric, Neuhauser Claudia
Abstract excerpt
We used empirical and modeling approaches to examine effects of plant breeding systems on demographic responses to habitat fragmentation. Empirically, we investigated effects of local flowering plant density on pollination and of population size on mate availability in a common, self-incompatible purple coneflower, Echinacea angustifolia, growing in fragmented prairie habitat. Pollination and recruitment...
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