Spatio-ecological niche segregation of two sympatric species of Clidemia (Melastomataceae) in western Amazonian non-flooded rainforests

Folia Geobotanica

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 143-160

  Schulman, Leif ^a   Koivunen, Hannele ^a   Ruokolainen, Kalle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cations; Ecological specialization; Habitat partitioning; Morphological analysis; Neotropics; Sympatric speciation; Tierra firme

Indexed keywords

NICHE PARTITIONING; RAINFOREST; SPECIALIZATION; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SYMPATRY;

CLIDEMIA; MELASTOMATACEAE;

EID: 3042552867     PISSN: 12119520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02805243     Document Type: Article

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