Neither host-specific nor random: vascular epiphytes on three tree species in a panamanian lowland forest

Annals of Botany

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1103-1114

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

^a University of Koblenz Landau   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Araceae; Bromeliaceae; Colonization; Community assembly; Epiphytes; Host preference; Null model; Orchidaceae; Panama

Indexed keywords

ARACEAE; BROMELIACEAE; MARILA LAXIFLORA; ORCHIDACEAE; PEREBEA XANTHOCHYMA; SOCRATEA EXORRHIZA;

ARACEAE; ARTICLE; BROMELIACEAE; ECOSYSTEM; ORCHIDACEAE; PANAMA; PLANT; SYMBIOSIS; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ARACEAE; BROMELIACEAE; ECOSYSTEM; ORCHIDACEAE; PANAMA; PLANTS; SYMBIOSIS; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 33947325306     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcl067     Document Type: Article

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