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Population Dynamics of North Temperate Orchids

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Orchid Biology: Reviews and Perspectives, VIII

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In this chapter, population dynamics is taken to mean changes in the number of individuals of a certain species growing in wild communities on a limited area. The area may vary from small permanent plots to the natural site of the whole population in a locality. Recording of population dynamics, as a rule, requires observations during many years. However, when studying different processes which affect the dynamics, shorter studies can also be useful.

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Kull, T. (2002). Ecology. In: Kull, T., Arditti, J. (eds) Orchid Biology: Reviews and Perspectives, VIII. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-2500-2_3

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