Host size and abundance of hemiepiphytes in a subtropical stand of Brazilian Atlantic Forest

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 119-122

  Orihuela, Rodrigo Leonel Lozano ^a   Waechter, Jorge Luiz ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Canopy; Diversity; Host selection; Rain forests

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ADVENTITIOUS ROOT; COLONIZATION; EPIPHYTE; FOREST CANOPY; HOST SELECTION; LIFE CYCLE; RAINFOREST; RETENTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ATLANTIC FOREST; BRAZIL;

EID: 77952517507     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: 14697831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467409990496     Document Type: Article

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