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Recolonization after habitat restoration leads to decreased genetic variation in populations of a terrestrial orchid.
Molecular ecology - 1 Sept 2012
Vandepitte K, Gristina A S, De Hert K, Meekers T, Roldán-Ruiz I, Honnay O
Abstract excerpt
Colonization is crucial to habitat restoration projects that rely on the spontaneous regeneration of the original vegetation. However, as a previously declining plant species spreads again, the likelihood of founder effects increases through recurrent population founding and associated serial bot...
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