Germination and seedling establishment in orchids: A complex of requirements

Annals of Botany

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 391-402

  Rasmussen, Hanne N ^a   Dixon, Kingsley W ^b   Jersáková, Jana ^c   Těšitelová, Tamara ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b KINGS PARK AND BOTANIC GARDEN   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

germination niche; habitat restoration; mycobiont; mycoheterotrophy; mycorrhiza; Orchidaceae; orchids; parasitic plants; seedling recruitment; senile population

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; GERMINATION; HABITAT RESTORATION; MYCORRHIZA; NICHE; ORGANIC CARBON; PARASITIC PLANT; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SHRUB; SOWING;

ASCOMYCOTA; BASIDIOMYCOTA; FUNGI; ORCHIDACEAE; RHIZOCTONIA;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GERMINATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGY; ORCHIDACEAE; SEEDLING;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; GERMINATION; ORCHIDACEAE; SEEDLINGS;

EID: 84940859952     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcv087     Document Type: Article

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