Which abiotic factors limit vegetative growth in a vascular epiphyte?

Functional Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 598-604

  Laube, S ^a   Zotz, G ^b,c  

^a Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Growth; Ontogenetic drift; Panama; Rainforest; RGR

Indexed keywords

EPIPHYTE; GROWTH RATE; ONTOGENY; VASCULAR PLANT;

PANAMA;

ARGYROSOMUS REGIUS; TRACHEOPHYTA; VRIESEA; WERAUHIA;

EID: 0142126786     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.2003.00760.x     Document Type: Article

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