The diversity of hemi-epiphytic figs (Ficus; Moraceae) in a Bornean lowland rain forest

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 439-455

  Harrison, Rhett D ^a,f   Hamid, Abang Abdul ^b   Kenta, Tanaka ^a   Lafrankie, James ^c   Lee, Hua Sen ^b   Nagamasu, Hidetoshi ^d   Nakashizuka, Tohru ^a   Palmiotto, Peter ^e  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FOREST RESEARCH CENTRE   (Malaysia)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e ANTIOCH UNIVERSITY NEW ENGLAND   (United States)

^f SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Canopy; Niche specialization; Rare species; Species diversity; Strangler fig; Urostigma

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; NICHE; RAINFOREST; RARE SPECIES; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

BORNEO;

FICUS (ANGIOSPERM); MORACEAE;

EID: 0242416556     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0024-4066.2002.00205.x     Document Type: Article

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