Effects of disturbance on population dynamics of the threatened orchid Prasophyllum correctum D.L. Jones and implications for grassland management in south-eastern Australia

Biological Conservation

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 59-69

  Coates, Fiona ^a   Lunt, Ian D ^b   Tremblay, Raymond L ^c,d  

^a ARTHUR RYLAH INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Dormancy; Endangered orchid; Fire; Grassland

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DORMANCY; EPIPHYTE; FIRE; GRASSLAND; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

MAGNOLIOPHYTA; ORCHIDACEAE; POACEAE; PRASOPHYLLUM CORRECTUM;

EID: 31144434405     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2005.06.037     Document Type: Article

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