Strangler fig-host associations in roadside and deciduous forest sites, South India

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 409-414

  Patel, Aviva ^a,b  

^a Department of Biology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

epiphyte; Ficus; India; strangler

Indexed keywords

DECIDUOUS FOREST; EPIPHYTE; HOST PLANT; ROADSIDE; STRANGLER FIG;

INDIA, KARNATAKA;

FICUS; MORACEAE;

EID: 0030302892     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.1996.tb00002.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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