Light or presence of host trees: Which is more important for the strangler fig?

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 589-603

  Athreya, Vidya R ^a,b  

^a PONDICHERRY UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ficus; Host preference; Strangler fig; Tropical forests

Indexed keywords

EVERGREEN FOREST; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; LIGHT;

DIOSPYROS; DIOSPYROS VIRGINIANA; EUGENIA; FICUS (ANGIOSPERM); SYZYGIUM; VITEX; VITEX ALTISSIMA;

EID: 0032716465     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467499001030     Document Type: Article

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