Host tree phenology affects vascular epiphytes at the physiological, demographic and community level

AoB PLANTS

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Einzmann, Helena J R ^a   Beyschlag, Joachim ^a   Hofhansl, Florian ^b   Wanek, Wolfgang ^b   Zotz, Gerhard ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Community assembly; Crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM); Diversity; Microclimate; Specific leaf area; Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939226119     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20412851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aobpla/plu073     Document Type: Article

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