Canopy ferns in lowland dipterocarp forest support a prolific abundance of ants, termites, and other invertebrates

Biotropica

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 575-583

  Ellwood, Martin D F ^a   Jones, David T ^b   Foster, William A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asplenium nidus; Borneo; Canopy; Epiphyte; Fern; Hospitalitermes; Isoptera; Nasutitermitina; Pteridophyta

Indexed keywords

CANOPY; EPIPHYTE; FERN; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; TROPICAL FOREST;

MALAYSIA;

ANIMALIA; ASPLENIUM; ASPLENIUM NIDUS; AVES; BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; DIPTEROCARPACEAE; FILICOPHYTA; FORMICIDAE; HOSPITALITERMES; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; ISOPTERA; NASUTITERMES; NASUTITERMITINAE; PARASHOREA; PTERIDOPHYTA; TERMITIDAE; TOMENTELLA;

EID: 20244373297     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2002.tb00576.x     Document Type: Article

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