Long-term dynamics and population viability in one of the last populations of the endangered Spiranthes spiralis (Orchidaceae) in the Netherlands

Biological Conservation

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 14-21

  Jacquemyn, Hans ^a   Brys, Rein ^a   Hermy, Martin ^a   Willems, Jo H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diffusion approximation; Environmental stochasticity; Extinction risk; Orchid; PVA; Range margins

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; DORMANCY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXTINCTION RISK; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

MAGNOLIOPHYTA; ORCHIDACEAE; SPIRANTHES SPIRALIS;

EID: 33750450545     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2006.07.016     Document Type: Article

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