Distribution of Population Sizes in Metapopulations of Threatened Organisms-Implications for Conservation of Orchids
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F86652079%3A_____%2F25%3A00617138" target="_blank" >RIV/86652079:_____/25:00617138 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/00216208:11310/25:10500177
Result on the web
<a href="https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11821161/" target="_blank" >https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11821161/</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/plants14030369" target="_blank" >10.3390/plants14030369</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Distribution of Population Sizes in Metapopulations of Threatened Organisms-Implications for Conservation of Orchids
Original language description
Species are disappearing worldwide, and it is likely that the rate of their disappearance will increase. The most important factors responsible for this are assumed to be changes in climate and land use. To determine the probability of extinction of a given species, it must be viewed as a metapopulation composed of many populations. In plants, seeds are spread by wind or water (passive dispersers), unlike active dispersers, which can actively look for a suitable site of their species. Thus, while active dispersers can locate a suitable site, passive dispersers often fail to arrive at a suitable site. The following question arises: is it better for the survival of a metapopulation of passive dispersers to concentrate on conserving a few large populations, each of which will produce many propagules, or on many small populations, each of which will produce only few propagules? Here, we address the question of which of these strategies will maximize the likelihood of the survival of such a metapopulation, using orchids as a model. We concluded that small populations should be preferentially preserved. Small populations are more numerous and more likely to occur more widely in the region studied and therefore a larger proportion of the seeds they produce is more likely to land in suitable habitats than that produced by the fewer large populations. For conservation, there is a possibility to extend the results to other taxa. However, this must be carried out with caution and must consider the taxon in question.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10611 - Plant sciences, botany
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Plants
ISSN
2223-7747
e-ISSN
2223-7747
Volume of the periodical
14
Issue of the periodical within the volume
3
Country of publishing house
CH - SWITZERLAND
Number of pages
10
Pages from-to
369
UT code for WoS article
001418345600001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85217540530