Nested liana-tree network in three distinct neotropical vegetation formations

Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 277-281

  Sfair, Julia Caram ^a   Rochelle, André Luis Casarin ^a   Rezende, Andréia Alves ^b   van Melis, Juliano ^a   Weiser, Veridiana de Lara ^c   Martins, Fernando Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b University Center of Rio Preto (UNIRP)   (Brazil)

^c SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bipartite graph; Climber; Matrix temperature; Null model; Phorophyte

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; EPIPHYTE; HOST PLANT; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; NEOTROPICAL REGION; RAINFOREST; SAVANNA; TROPICAL FOREST; VEGETATION COVER; VINE;

EID: 78049483226     PISSN: 14338319     EISSN: 16180437     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ppees.2010.09.001     Document Type: Article

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