An orchid colonization credit in restored calcareous grasslands

Ecoscience

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 21-28

  Gijbels, Pieter ^a   Adriaens, Dries ^b   Honnay, Olivier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NATURE AND FOREST INBO   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Beals index; colonization delay; grassland management; habit fragmentation; habitat suitability; life history traits; specialized pollination

Indexed keywords

CALCAREOUS GRASSLAND; GRASSLAND; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT RESTORATION; LIFE CYCLE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MOWING; MYCORRHIZA; POLLINATION; RECOLONIZATION;

ORCHIDACEAE;

EID: 84861364869     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2980/19-1-3460     Document Type: Article

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