Reproductive strategies and colonizing ability of two sympatric epiphytic bromeliads in a tropical premontane area

International Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 167, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1187-1195

  Cascante Marín, Alfredo ^a,b   De Jong, Maaike ^a   Borg, Ethan D ^a   Oostermeijer, J Gerard B ^a   Wolf, Jan H D ^a   Den Nijs, Joannes C M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Museo Nacional de Costa Rica   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Colonization; Guzmania monostachia; Mating system; Reproductive biology; Tillandsia fasciculata

Indexed keywords

AUTOGAMY; COLONIZATION; EPIPHYTE; GENET; MONOCOTYLEDON; RAMET; RECRUITMENT; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED PRODUCTION; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SYMPATRY;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA;

GUZMANIA MONOSTACHIA; TILLANDSIA; TILLANDSIA FASCICULATA;

EID: 33845653109     PISSN: 10585893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/507871     Document Type: Article

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