Population dynamics of epiphytic bromeliads: Life strategies and the role of host branches

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 183-196

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

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

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

Author keywords

Bromeliaceae; Catopsis; Disturbance; Elasticity; Epiphytes; Matrix population models; Mexico; Tillandsia; Vital rates

Indexed keywords

BROMELIACEAE; CATOPSIS; TILLANDSIA; TILLANDSIA JUNCEA;

EID: 33846581347     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: 16180089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2006.05.003     Document Type: Article

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