A metapopulation approach to the analysis of long-term changes in the epiphyte vegetation on the host tree Annona glabra

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 613-624

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

^a Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^c SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Barro Colorado Island; Density dependence; Occupancy frequency distribution; Patch dynamics; Population growth rate

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COLONIZATION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; EPIPHYTE; EVERGREEN TREE; HOST PLANT; LONG-TERM CHANGE; METAPOPULATION; PATCH DYNAMICS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SPECIES RICHNESS; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

BARRO COLORADO ISLAND; CENTRAL AMERICA; GATUN LAKE; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

ANNONA; ANNONA GLABRA; BROMELIACEAE; ORCHIDACEAE; POLYPODIACEAE;

EID: 34848925744     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1658/1100-9233(2007)18[613:AMATTA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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