Habitat differentiation of obligate ultramafic Nepenthes endemic to Mount Kinabalu and Mount Tambuyukon (Sabah, Malaysia)

Plant Ecology

Volumn 216, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 789-807

  van der Ent, Antony ^a   Sumail, Sukaibin ^b   Clarke, Charles ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Herbarium   (Malaysia)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Competitive exclusion; Edaphic stress; Endemic; Soil chemistry

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; COEXISTENCE; COLONIZATION; ENDEMIC SPECIES; HABITAT QUALITY; MOUNTAIN REGION; PLANT COMMUNITY; SOIL CHEMISTRY;

EAST MALAYSIA; MALAYSIA; SABAH;

NEPENTHACEAE; NEPENTHES; NEPENTHES BURBIDGEAE; NEPENTHES MACROVULGARIS; NEPENTHES RAJAH; NEPENTHES VILLOSA; SARRACENIACEAE;

EID: 84930867038     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: 15735052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-015-0468-6     Document Type: Article

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