Factors affecting the distribution and abundance of asplenium nidus L. in a tropical lowland rain forest in Peninsular Malaysia

Biotropica

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 464-469

  Zhang, Liwen ^a,b   Nurvianto, Sandy ^c   Harrison, Rhett ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c GADJAH MADA UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^d KEY LABORATORY OF TROPICAL FOREST ECOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Dipterocarp forest; Epiphyte; Fern; Host characteristics; Spatial pattern; Torus test

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BARK; DISPERSAL; EPIPHYTE; FERN; FOREST CANOPY; HABITAT SELECTION; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RAINFOREST; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SPORE; TRADE-OFF; UNDERSTORY;

MALAYSIA; NEGERI SEMBILAN; PASOH FOREST RESERVE; WEST MALAYSIA;

ARTHROPODA; ASPLENIUM NIDUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FILICOPHYTA;

EID: 77955025000     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2009.00607.x     Document Type: Article

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