Host trait preferences and distribution of vascular epiphytes in a warm-temperate forest

Plant Ecology

Volumn 201, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 247-254

  Hirata, Akiko ^a   Kamijo, Takashi ^a   Saito, Satoshi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diversity; Evergreen broad leaved forest; Host specificity; Orchid; Pteridophyte; Spatial pattern

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; COLONIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIPHYTE; GROWTH RATE; HOST PLANT; HOST PREFERENCE; HOST QUALITY; HOST SPECIFICITY; PTERIDOPHYTE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPERATE FOREST; TOPOGRAPHY;

ORCHIDACEAE; PTERIDOPHYTA;

EID: 59849106759     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-008-9519-6     Document Type: Article

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