The variability of orchid population size

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 126, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 65-74

  Gillman, M P ^a   Dodd, M E ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hurst exponent; Orchid population dynamics; Temporal and spatial variation

Indexed keywords

GREEN-VEINED ORCHID; POPULATION SIZE; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ORCHIS MORIO;

EID: 0031958028     PISSN: 00244074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bojl.1997.0144     Document Type: Article

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