Analyzing the Spatial Structure of Broughtonia cubensis (Orchidaceae) Populations in the Dry Forests of Guanahacabibes, Cuba

Biotropica

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 173-182

  Raventós, José ^a   Mujica, Ernesto ^b   Wiegand, Thorsten ^c   Bonet, Andreu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^b Centro de Investigaciones y Servicios Ambientales (ECOVIDA)   (Cuba)

^c HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Epiphyte ecology; Mark correlation functions; Orchid; Point pattern analysis

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; COEXISTENCE; DRY FOREST; EPIPHYTE; HERB; HOST PLANT; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; NICHE PARTITIONING; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP;

CUBA; GUANAHACABIBES PENINSULA; PINAR DEL RIO;

BROUGHTONIA; ORCHIDACEAE;

EID: 79952066455     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2010.00684.x     Document Type: Article

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