Effect of canopy position on germination and seedling survival of epiphytic bromeliads in a Mexican humid montane forest

Annals of Botany

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1039-1047

  Winkler, Manuela ^a   Hülber, Karl ^b,c   Hietz, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b Vienna Institute for Nature Conservation and Analyses   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Bromeliaceae; Catopsis; Epiphytes; Germination; Habitat heterogeneity; Mexico; Seedling establishment; Survival analysis; Tillandsia

Indexed keywords

CANOPY; EPIPHYTE; GERMINATION; MONTANE FOREST; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SURVIVAL;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

BROMELIACEAE; BRYOPHYTA; CATOPSIS; CATOPSIS SESSILIFLORA; TILLANDSIA; TILLANDSIA BARTRAMII; TILLANDSIA DEPPEANA; TILLANDSIA MULTICAULIS;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENT; GERMINATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMIDITY; LIGHT; MEXICO; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT STEM; POPULATION DENSITY; TILLANDSIA; TREE;

ENVIRONMENT; GERMINATION; HUMIDITY; LIGHT; MEXICO; PLANT STEMS; POPULATION DENSITY; TILLANDSIA; TREES;

EID: 21244432450     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mci115     Document Type: Article

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