TY - JOUR AU - Charitonidou, Martha AU - Stara, Kalliopi AU - Kougioumoutzis, Konstantinos AU - Halley, John M. PY - 2019 DA - 2019/12/30 TI - Implications of salep collection for the conservation of the Elder-flowered orchid (Dactylorhiza sambucina) in Epirus, Greece JO - Journal of Biological Research-Thessaloniki SP - 18 VL - 26 IS - 1 AB - In Epirus, Greece, orchids have been traditionally harvested for the production of salep, a beverage made from their tubers. Over-collection of orchids for salep is believed to be a growing threat to wild species, yet very little research has concentrated on orchid populations in the wild. Here, we studied the impact of salep collection on population demographic parameters and uniformity of distribution patterns of the Elder-flowered orchid, Dactylorhiza sambucina, the most commonly collected orchid in northern Greece. SN - 2241-5793 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s40709-019-0110-1 DO - 10.1186/s40709-019-0110-1 ID - Charitonidou2019 ER -