| mycorrhizal interactions of orchids colonizing estonian mine tailings hills. | northeastern estonia is home to extensive oil shale mines. associated with these are desolate and environmentally damaging hills of ash and semicoke tailings. interestingly, some of the first plants to colonize these hills are rare orchids. here, we assess the identities of the mycorrhizal fungi associated with these orchids, in particular epipactis atrorubens, orchis militaris, and dactylorhiza baltica, and compare them with mycorrhizal fungi from orchids from pristine habitat. epipactis atroru ... | 2008 | 21632341 |
| insect visitors and potential pollinators of orchis militaris (orchidaceae) in southern belgium. | as part of a research project on the food deception strategy in orchis militaris (l.), the objective of this study was to identify insect visitors and potential pollinators of this orchid species in belgium. in 2013, insects were collected over 2 d per site in five localities distributed in southern belgium (wallonia). a total of 104 insects belonging to 49 species were caught. dipterans were the most abundant visitors (50% of total specimens), followed by hymenopterans (32%). rhingia campestris ... | 2016 | 27694346 |