Liana co-occurrence patterns in a temperate rainforest

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 868-877

  Blick, R A J ^a   Burns, K C ^b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

C score; Compartments; Liana; Negative co occurrence; Network; Null model

Indexed keywords

BROAD-LEAVED FOREST; COEXISTENCE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; GROWTH RATE; GUILD STRUCTURE; HOST PLANT; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; NICHE PARTITIONING; RAINFOREST; REGENERATION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; TEMPERATE FOREST; VINE;

NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND;

CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 80052277856     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: 16541103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2011.01287.x     Document Type: Article

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