Ecology of neotropical mistletoes: An important canopy-dwelling component of Brazilian ecosystems;Ecologia de ervas-de-passarinho Neotropicais: Um importante componente do dossel de ecossistemas brasileiros

Acta Botanica Brasilica

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 264-274

  Arruda, Rafael ^a   Fadini, Rodrigo Ferreira ^b   Carvalho, Lucélia Nobre ^a   Del Claro, Kleber ^c   Mourão, Fabiana Alves ^d   Jacobi, Claudia Maria ^d   Teodoro, Grazielle Sales ^e   van den Berg, Eduardo ^f   Caires, Claudenir Simões ^g   Dettke, Greta Aline ^h  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MATO GROSSO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO OESTE DO PARÁ   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^f FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF LAVRAS   (Brazil)

^g INSTITUTO DE CIÊNCIAS BIOLÓGICAS   (Brazil)

^h FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biological conservation; Hemiparasites; Host compatibility; Host specificity

Indexed keywords

VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 84864067924     PISSN: 01023306     EISSN: 1677941X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0102-33062012000200003     Document Type: Review

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