Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1. The Fossil Record of Orchids in Amber
(George Poinar, Jr. – Department of Integrative Biology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, USA)
Chapter 2. How the Number of Orchid Populations Quickly Declined in the Czech Republic during the Last 150 Years? The Case of Less Threatened Species
(Zuzana Štípková and Pavel Kindlmann – Global Change Research Institute, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Czech Republic, et al.)
Chapter 3. Orchids of Serbia: Taxonomy, Life Forms, Pollination Systems, and Phytogeographical Analysis
(Vladan Djordjević, Marjan Niketić and Vladimir Stevanović – University of Belgrade, Faculty of Biology, Institute of Botany and Botanical Garden, Belgrade, Serbia, et al.)
Chapter 4. Orchidaceae in the Republic of Mordovia (Russia): Distribution and Conservation Status
(Anatoliy A. Khapugin and Gennadiy G. Chugunov – Institute of Environmental and Agricultural Biology (X-BIO), Tyumen State University, Tyumen, Tyumen region, Russia, et al.)
Chapter 5. Interrelationship Between the Orchid Community and Its Phorophytes in Cabo San Antonio, Guanahacabibes Peninsula, Cuba
(Ernesto Mujica, Andreu Bonet, Elaine González, Alejandro Camejo and Josep Raventós – Jardín Botánico Orquideario Soroa, Candelaria, Artemisa, Cuba, et al.)
Chapter 6. Ecology and Population Structure of Encyclia bocourtii Pupulin & Mújica (Orchidaceae), an Endemic Species to Guanahacabibes National Park, Pinar del Río Province, Cuba.
(Elaine González Hernández, Andreu Bonet, Ernesto Mújica Benítez, Alejandro Camejo and Josep Raventós – Jardín Botánico Orquideario Soroa, Universidad de Artemisa, Candelaria, Cuba, et al.)
Chapter 7. Why is Epipactis helleborine (L.) Crantz so Widespread?
(Agnieszka Rewicz, Wojciech Adamowski and Marta Kolanowska – Department of Biogeography, Paleoecology and Nature Conservation, University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland, et al.)
Chapter 8. Developments in Orchid Breeding through Genetic Engineering
(Ram Pal and Madhurima Das – ICAR-National Research Center for Orchids, Pakyong, East Sikkim, Sikkim, India, et al.)
Index
