Answering the question whether or not to introduce seeds of target species in restored habitats depends on the relative importance of dispersal and recruitment limitation. Especially in orchid species, recruitment limitation is expected to be important because of their dependence on mycorrhiza for germination. Using a large seed introduction experiment we investigated the relative importance of dispersal versus recruitment limitation in the failure of three rare orchid species to colonize restored habitat patches. For all species, seeds developed successfully into protocorms in both occupied and unoccupied habitats, and no significant differences in the number of protocorms per seed packet were found between occupied and unoccupied habitats...
Mycorrhizal fungi have substantial potential to influence plant distribution, especially in speciali...
International audienceSpecies dispersal, establishment, and assembly are crucial stages of the life ...
Despite comparatively good rates of pollination and seed production, some populations of the endange...
Habitat restoration comprises the re-creation of suitable environmental conditions with the intentio...
What factors determine the distribution of a species is a central question in ecology and conservati...
Dispersal limitation is often involved when the species composition of a dry abandoned grassland sho...
With global biodiversity in decline, there is now an urgent requirement to take ameliorative action ...
Habitat fragmentation is one of the most important threats to biodiversity. Plant populations are co...
Colonization is crucial to habitat restoration projects that rely on the spontaneous regeneration of...
Abstract: Dispersal limitation is often involved when the species composition of a dry abandoned gra...
Orchid seed capsules typically contain several thousand seeds, but obstacles to germination and deve...
Orchids are currently among the most threatened plants, with many species facing unprecedented level...
Reproductive isolation caused by divergent natural selection arising from differences between ecolog...
Colonization is crucial to habitat restoration projects that rely on the spontaneous regeneration of...
In plant species that rely on mycorrhizal symbioses for germination and seedling establishment, seed...
Mycorrhizal fungi have substantial potential to influence plant distribution, especially in speciali...
International audienceSpecies dispersal, establishment, and assembly are crucial stages of the life ...
Despite comparatively good rates of pollination and seed production, some populations of the endange...
Habitat restoration comprises the re-creation of suitable environmental conditions with the intentio...
What factors determine the distribution of a species is a central question in ecology and conservati...
Dispersal limitation is often involved when the species composition of a dry abandoned grassland sho...
With global biodiversity in decline, there is now an urgent requirement to take ameliorative action ...
Habitat fragmentation is one of the most important threats to biodiversity. Plant populations are co...
Colonization is crucial to habitat restoration projects that rely on the spontaneous regeneration of...
Abstract: Dispersal limitation is often involved when the species composition of a dry abandoned gra...
Orchid seed capsules typically contain several thousand seeds, but obstacles to germination and deve...
Orchids are currently among the most threatened plants, with many species facing unprecedented level...
Reproductive isolation caused by divergent natural selection arising from differences between ecolog...
Colonization is crucial to habitat restoration projects that rely on the spontaneous regeneration of...
In plant species that rely on mycorrhizal symbioses for germination and seedling establishment, seed...
Mycorrhizal fungi have substantial potential to influence plant distribution, especially in speciali...
International audienceSpecies dispersal, establishment, and assembly are crucial stages of the life ...
Despite comparatively good rates of pollination and seed production, some populations of the endange...