Regeneration niche of three epiphytic species of Gesneriaceae from Chilean rainforests: Implications for the evolution of growth habits in Coronanthereae

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 170, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 79-92

  Salinas, Fernanda ^a,b   Armesto, Juan J ^a,b  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA Y BIODIVERSIDAD IEB   (Chile)

Author keywords

Asteranthera ovata; Holoepiphyte; Light; Mitraria coccinea; Sarmienta repens; Secondary hemiepiphyte; Seed germination; Seedling survival; Substrate

Indexed keywords

BARK; DICOTYLEDON; ENDEMIC SPECIES; EPIPHYTE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FOREST CANOPY; FOREST SOIL; GERMINATION; NICHE; PHYLOGENETICS; RAINFOREST; REGENERATION; SEEDLING; SHADE TOLERANCE; SUBSTRATE; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

CHILE;

ASTERANTHERA OVATA; CORONANTHEREAE; GESNERIACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MITRARIA COCCINEA; SARMIENTA REPENS;

EID: 84865196236     PISSN: 00244074     EISSN: 10958339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2012.01256.x     Document Type: Article

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