1. Does integrated conservation of terrestrial orchids work?
- Author
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Andrew Batty, Nigel D. Swarts, Stephen D. Hopper, and Kingsley W. Dixon
- Subjects
education.field_of_study ,pollination ,business.industry ,Ecology ,Population ,Horticultural crops ,Environmental resource management ,Distribution (economics) ,mycorrhiza ,Plant Science ,Biology ,microsatellites ,terrestrial orchids ,Work (electrical) ,integrated conservation ,Optimal distinctiveness theory ,education ,business - Abstract
Effective plant conservation involves careful con- sideration and difficult choices when investing limit- ed resources to conservation programs and policies. The conservation practice must integrate the under- standing of existing and future environmental threats, taxonomic distinctiveness, numbers of individuals in populations, reproductive biology, ex situ propagation and the maintenance of evolutionary processes influ- encing population distribution patterns. Effective plant conservation involves careful con- sideration and difficult choices when investing limit- ed resources to conservation programs and policies. The conservation practice must integrate the under- standing of existing and future environmental threats, taxonomic distinctiveness, numbers of individuals in populations, reproductive biology, ex situ propagation and the maintenance of evolutionary processes influ- encing population distribution patterns.
- Published
- 2015