The influence of host tree species on the distribution of epiphytic bromeliads in experimental monospecific plantations, La Selva, Costa Rica

Biotropica

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 37-47

  Merwin, Mark C ^a,b   Rentmeester, Steve A ^a   Nadkarni, Nalini M ^a  

^a EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass; Bromeliaceae; Costa Rica; Epiphytes; Guzmania; Host tree specificity; Leaf area; Tropical forests; Vriesea

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; EPIPHYTE; HOST SPECIFICITY; PLANT COMMUNITY; PLANTATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

COSTA RICA; LA SELVA;

BROMELIACEAE; GUZMANIA; GUZMANIA MONOSTACHYA; VRIESEA; VRIESEA GLADIOLIFLORA;

EID: 0038814833     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2003.tb00260.x     Document Type: Article

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