Diversity and host tree preferences of vascular epiphytes and vines in a temperate rainforest in southern Chile

Australian Journal of Botany

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 381-391

  Muñoz, Alejandro A ^a   Chacón, Paulina ^a   Pérez, Fernanda ^a   Barnert, Elizabeth S ^b   Armesto, Juan J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIPHYTE; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; HOST PREFERENCE; RAINFOREST; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TEMPERATE FOREST; VASCULAR PLANT;

CHILE;

COCCOIDEA; DRIMYS; DRIMYS WINTERI; FILICOPHYTA; GRISELINIA RACEMOSA; HYMENOPHYLLACEAE; LUZURIAGA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MITRARIA COCCINEA; NOTHOFAGUS; NOTHOFAGUS NITIDA; PODOCARPUS; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 0041783067     PISSN: 00671924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/BT02070     Document Type: Article

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