Specialized ecological interactions and plant species rarity: The role of pollinators and mycorrhizal fungi across multiple spatial scales

Biological Conservation

Volumn 169, Issue , 2014, Pages 285-295

  Phillips, Ryan D ^a,b,c   Peakall, Rod ^a   Hutchinson, Michael F ^d   Linde, Celeste C ^a   Xu, Tingbao ^d   Dixon, Kingsley W ^b,c   Hopper, Stephen D ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b KINGS PARK AND BOTANIC GARDEN   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Conservation; Mycorrhiza; Orchid; Pollination; Rarity; Specialization

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; FUNGUS; HERB; MYCORRHIZA; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; POLLINATION; RARE SPECIES; RARITY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIALIZATION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; WASP;

EID: 84890853237     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2013.11.027     Document Type: Article

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