Number of lianas per tree and number of trees climbed by lianas at Los Tuxtlas, Mexico

Biotropica

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 153-156

  Pérez Salicrup, Diego R ^a   De Meijere, Wessel ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ECOSISTEMAS Y SUSTENTABILIDAD   (Mexico)

^b Univ of Prof Education Larenstein   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Climbing mechanisms; Lianas; Los Tuxtlas; Mexico; Tropical forests

Indexed keywords

CLIMBING PLANT; HOST-SYMBIONT INTERACTION; TROPICAL FOREST;

LOS TUXTLAS; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; VERACRUZ; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 17644374191     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2005.03223.x     Document Type: Article

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