Site variation in spatial aggregation and phorophyte preference in Psychilis monensis (Orchidaceae)

Biotropica

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 227-231

  Otero, J Tupac ^a,b   Aragón, Susan ^a,c   Ackerman, James D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO RIO PIEDRAS   (Puerto Rico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^c CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Density dependent mortality; Orchid; Phorophyte preference; Puerto Rico; Spatial variation

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EPIPHYTE; HOST PREFERENCE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MORTALITY; POLLINATION; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES; MONA ISLAND; PUERTO RICO;

ORCHIDACEAE; PSYCHILIS MONENSIS;

EID: 33847001666     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2006.00258.x     Document Type: Article

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