Fire and host abundance as determinants of the distribution of three congener and sympatric mistletoes in an Amazonian savanna

Biotropica

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 27-34

  Fadini, Rodrigo F ^a,b   Lima, Albertina P ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO OESTE DO PARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Fire frequency; Forest edges; Loranthaceae; Psittacanthus; Survivorship

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DICOTYLEDON; FIRE HISTORY; FOREST EDGE; GENERALIST; HEMIPARASITE; HOST SPECIFICITY; PARASITE PREVALENCE; REGENERATION; SAVANNA; SPECIALIZATION; SURVIVORSHIP; SYMPATRY;

AMAZONIA;

LORANTHACEAE; PSITTACANTHUS; VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 84855743204     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2011.00773.x     Document Type: Article

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