White Fringed Orchid as indicator of Sphagnum bog integrity

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 50-55

  Laroche, Vincent ^a   Pellerin, Stéphanie ^a   Brouillet, Luc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conservation; FQAI; Integrity; Orchidaceae; Peatland; Platanthera blephariglottis

Indexed keywords

FQAI; INTEGRITY; ORCHIDACEAE; PEATLAND; PLATANTHERA BLEPHARIGLOTTIS;

FORESTRY; PHOTOGRAPHY; RATING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; WETLANDS;

BIODIVERSITY;

ABUNDANCE; AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; BIOINDICATOR; BOG; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DATA SET; DISTURBANCE; FLORISTICS; HERB; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MOSS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OMBROTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PEATLAND; PRISTINE ENVIRONMENT; SAMPLING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; VARIANCE ANALYSIS; VEGETATION COVER;

CANADA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

ORCHIDACEAE; PLATANTHERA BLEPHARIGLOTTIS; SPHAGNUM;

EID: 80053349677     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2011.08.014     Document Type: Article

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