Long-term changes of the vascular epiphyte assemblage on the palm Socratea exorrhiza in a lowland forest in Panama

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 307-314

  Laube, Stefan ^a   Zotz, Gerhard ^b,c  

^a Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Community stability; Dispersal limitation; Host tree; Mortality

Indexed keywords

CENSUS; COLONIZATION; EPIPHYTE; HOST PLANT; LONG-TERM CHANGE; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; RAINFOREST; SPECIES RICHNESS; SURVIVAL; VASCULAR PLANT;

CENTRAL AMERICA; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

SOCRATEA EXORRHIZA;

EID: 33746876333     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1658/1100-9233(2006)017[0307:LCOTVE]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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