Evaluating factors that predict the structure of a commensalistic epiphyte-phorophyte network

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 280, Issue 1756, 2013, Pages

  Sáyago, Roberto ^a,b   Lopezaraiza Mikel, Martha ^a   Quesada, Mauricio ^a   Álvarez Añorve, Mariana Yolotl ^a   Cascante Marín, Alfredo ^c   Jesus, Ma ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ECOSISTEMAS Y SUSTENTABILIDAD   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE GUERRERO   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Bromeliaceae; Chamela cuixmala biosphere reserve; Ecological interactions; Mexico; Tillandsia; Tropical dry forest

Indexed keywords

BIOSPHERE; BIOTIC FACTOR; COMMENSALISM; DICOTYLEDON; DRY FOREST; EPIPHYTE; HOST PLANT; PHYLOGENETICS; SPECIALIZATION; VASCULAR PLANT;

CHAMELA-CUIXMALA BIOSPHERE RESERVE; JALISCO; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

BROMELIACEAE; TILLANDSIA;

EID: 84878352283     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2012.2821     Document Type: Article

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