A comparative analysis of decline in the distribution ranges of orchid species in Estonia and the United Kingdom

Biological Conservation

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 31-39

  Kull, Tiiu ^a   Hutchings, Michael J ^b  

^a ESTONIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Estonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Distribution ranges; Dynamic chorology; Extinction risk; Orchid decline; Vulnerable species

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DATABASE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; EPIPHYTE; EXTINCTION RISK; POPULATION DECLINE;

BALTIC STATES; ESTONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

ORCHIDACEAE;

EID: 31144450547     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2005.09.046     Document Type: Article

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