Epiphyte host preferences and host traits: Mechanisms for species-specific interactions

Oecologia

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 221-230

  Callaway, Ragan M ^a   Reinhart, Kurt O ^b   Moore, Georgianne W ^b,c   Moore, Darrin J ^b,c   Pennings, Steven C ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b University of Georgia Marine Institute   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d University of Houston   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological diversity; Community theory; Facilitation; Positive interactions

Indexed keywords

EPIPHYTE; HOST PREFERENCE; HOST SPECIFICITY; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION;

UNITED STATES;

FILICOPHYTA; PLEOPELTIS POLYPODIOIDES POLYPODIOIDES; TILLANDSIA; TILLANDSIA USNEOIDES;

EID: 0036940559     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-002-0943-3     Document Type: Article

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