Host-preference and density of woodrose-forming mistletoes (Loranthaceae) on savanna vegetation, South Africa

Plant Ecology

Volumn 167, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 163-177

  Dzerefos, C M ^a   Witkowski, E T F ^a   Shackleton, C M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Aerial parasite; Erianthemum dregei; Host size; Pedistylis galpinii; Preference ratios; Sclerocarya birrea

Indexed keywords

DENSITY; HEMIPARASITE; HOST PREFERENCE; LAND USE; PARASITIC PLANT; RAINFALL;

SOUTH AFRICA;

CASSINE; ERIANTHEMUM DREGEI; LORANTHACEAE; MERREMIA; SCLEROCARYA; TRICHILIA; TRICHILIA EMETICA; VISCUM; VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 0038042224     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023991514968     Document Type: Article

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