Ex situ seed baiting to isolate germination-enhancing fungi for assisted colonization in Paphiopedilum spicerianum, a critically endangered orchid in China
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DOI: 10.1016/j.gecco.2020.e01147
Abstract: Abstract Using orchid mycorrhizal fungi to facilitate orchid recovery projects is considered to be an effective method for orchid conservation. In this study, we used ex situ seed baiting to isolate fungi to assist seed… read more here.
Keywords: spicerianum; seed; germination; assisted colonization ... See more keywords
Top predator restricts the niche breadth of prey: effects of assisted colonization of Tasmanian devils on a widespread omnivorous prey
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DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2022.2113
Abstract: Few landscape-scale experiments test the effects of predators on the abundance and distribution of prey across habitat gradients. We use the assisted colonization of a top predator, the Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii), to test the… read more here.
Keywords: top predator; assisted colonization; abundance; habitat ... See more keywords