Effects of habitat fragmentation on the reproductive success of the nectar-producing orchid Gymnadenia conopsea and the nectarless Orchis mascula

Plant Ecology

Volumn 212, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1791-1801

  Meekers, Tine ^a   Honnay, Olivier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Calcareous grasslands; Deceptive orchids; Habitat fragmentation; Nectar production; Tetrazolium

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CALCAREOUS GRASSLAND; FRUIT SET; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; NECTAR; POLLINATOR; POPULATION SIZE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; VIABILITY;

BELGIUM;

GYMNADENIA CONOPSEA; ORCHIDACEAE; ORCHIS MASCULA;

EID: 80054020140     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-011-9949-4     Document Type: Article

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