Liana diversity and host relationships in a tropical evergreen forest in the Indian Eastern Ghats

Ecological Research

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 519-529

  Chittibabu, C V ^a   Parthasarathy, N ^a  

^a PONDICHERRY UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Climbing mechanism; Host trees; Indian Eastern Ghats; Liana diversity; Trellises

Indexed keywords

CLIMBING PLANT; EVERGREEN FOREST; HOST PREFERENCE; POPULATION DENSITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

INDIA;

ELAEAGNACEAE; ELAEAGNUS; ELAEAGNUS INDICA; GNETACEAE; GNETUM ULA; HIPTAGE BENGHALENSIS; MALPIGHIACEAE; ULA;

EID: 0038150407     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1703.2001.00414.x     Document Type: Article

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