Niche differentiation in tank and atmospheric epiphytic bromeliads of a seasonally dry forest

Biotropica

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 168-175

  Reyes García, Casandra ^a,c   Griffiths, Howard ^b   Rincón, Emmanuel ^a   Huante, Pilar ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Bromeliaceae; Chamela; Crassulacean acid metabolism; Dew; Epiphytes; Fog; Life form; Mexico; Water use

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BARK; COEXISTENCE; DEW; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; DRY FOREST; EPIPHYTE; FOG; FOREST CANOPY; FRUIT; HOST PLANT; LIGHT SCATTERING; LIGHT USE EFFICIENCY; METABOLISM; NICHE PARTITIONING; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SEASONALITY; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; WATER USE;

CHAMELA; JALISCO; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

BROMELIACEAE; CRASSULACEAE;

EID: 41549163374     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2007.00359.x     Document Type: Article

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