Epiphyte orchid establishment on termite carton trails

Biotropica

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 457-461

  Flores Palacios, Alejandro ^a,b   Ortiz Pulido, Raúl ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE MORELOS   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE HIDALGO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Brassavola; Bursera; Epiphytes; Mexico; Myrmecophila; Nasutitermes; Safe sites; Tropical dry forest

Indexed keywords

EPIPHYTE; FACILITATION; TERMITE; TROPICAL FOREST;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; VERACRUZ;

BRASSAVOLA; BURSERA; BURSERA FAGAROIDES; BURSERACEAE; ISOPTERA; MYRMECOPHILA; NASUTITERMES; ORCHIDACEAE;

EID: 28444445964     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2005.00060.x     Document Type: Article

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