Population viability analysis for guarianthe aurantiaca, an ornamental epiphytic orchid harvested in Southeast México

Plant Species Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 35-41

  Mondragón, Demetria ^a  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Coffee plantation; Conservation; Epiphytic orchid; Lefkovich matrix; Population dynamics; Population viability analysis

Indexed keywords

ORCHIDACEAE;

EID: 68849116700     PISSN: 0913557X     EISSN: 14421984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-1984.2009.00230.x     Document Type: Article

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