Substrate preferences of epiphytic bromeliads: An experimental approach

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 99-102

  Zotz, Gerhard ^a,b   Vollrath, Birgit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Barro Colorado Island; Seedling ecology; Survival; Tropical moist forest; Vascular epiphytes

Indexed keywords

EPIPHYTE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; SUBSTRATE PREFERENCE; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

PANAMA;

ANNONA; ANNONA GLABRA; BROMELIACEAE; GUZMANIA; GUZMANIA MONOSTACHYA; TILLANDSIA; TILLANDSIA FASCICULATA; VRIESEA;

EID: 0036086854     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1146-609X(02)01139-6     Document Type: Article

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