Do vine species in neotropical forests see the forest or the trees?

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 395-404

  Nesheim, Ingrid ^a   Økland, Rune H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Constrained ordination; Guatemala; Maya Biosphere Reserve; Rain forest; Variation partitioning; Vine spatial pattern; Vine tree host relationship

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HOST PLANT; NEOTROPICAL REGION; RAINFOREST; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SPECIES RICHNESS; VINE;

CENTRAL AMERICA; GUATEMALA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; MAYA BIOSPHERE RESERVE; PETEN;

EID: 34249329280     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1658/1100-9233(2007)18[395:DVSINF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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