What constrains the distribution of orchid populations?

New Phytologist

Volumn 202, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 392-400

  Mccormick, Melissa K ^a   Jacquemyn, Hans ^b  

^a SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Mycorrhiza; Orchid; Rarity; Recruitment limitation; Specificity

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COEXISTENCE; DICOTYLEDON; FUNGUS; GERMINATION; META-ANALYSIS; MYCORRHIZA; NICHE PARTITIONING; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SEED PRODUCTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84896497840     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.12639     Document Type: Article

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