Population dynamics of epiphytic orchids in a metapopulation context

Annals of Botany

Volumn 104, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 995-1004

  Winkler, Manuela ^a   Hülber, Karl ^b   Hietz, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b Vienna Institute for Nature Conservation and Analyses   (Austria)

Author keywords

Conflict between seed survival and colonization; Dispersal; Epiphyte; Fecundity; Jacquiniella leucomelana; Jacquiniella teretifolia; Lycaste aromatica; Matrix population model; Metapopulation model; Population dynamics

Indexed keywords

EPIPHYTE; FECUNDITY; GROWTH RATE; HERB; METAPOPULATION; MONTANE FOREST; PATCHINESS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MODELING; RECOLONIZATION; SEED DISPERSAL; STOCHASTICITY; SURVIVAL;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; ORCHIDACEAE; PLANT SEED; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; TREE;

ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ORCHIDACEAE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SEEDS; TREES;

JACQUINIELLA; JACQUINIELLA TERETIFOLIA; LYCASTE AROMATICA; ORCHIDACEAE;

EID: 70349598138     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcp188     Document Type: Article

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