Terrestrial orchid conservation in the age of extinction

Annals of Botany

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 543-556

  Swarts, Nigel D ^a   Dixon, Kingsley W ^a,b  

^a KINGS PARK AND BOTANIC GARDEN   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ex situ conservation; In situ conservation; Integrated conservation; Mycorrhiza; Orchids; Pollination; Terrestrial; Threats

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXTINCTION; HABITAT LOSS; MONOCOTYLEDON; MYCORRHIZA; POLLINATION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SURVIVAL;

BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GERMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCORRHIZA; ORCHIDACEAE; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SPECIES EXTINCTION;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; GERMINATION; MYCORRHIZAE; ORCHIDACEAE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

ARANEAE; CALADENIA; DRAKAEA; INVERTEBRATA; ORCHIDACEAE; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 68849122447     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcp025     Document Type: Review

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