Strangler figs in a stand of dry rainforest in the lower Hunter Valley, NSW

Australian Geographer

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 251-264

  Doyle, Gavin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dry rainforest; Ficus macrophylla; Ficus superba; Hemi epiphytes; Hunter Valley; Moreton Bay fig; Strangler fig

Indexed keywords

EPIPHYTE; HOST PREFERENCE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SUBSTRATE;

AUSTRALIA; HUNTER VALLEY; NEW SOUTH WALES;

FICUS MACROPHYLLA;

EID: 0033913472     PISSN: 00049182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713612244     Document Type: Article

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