Reaching the canopy on the ground: incidence of infection and host-use by mistletoes (Loranthaceae and Viscaceae) on trees felled for timber in Amazonian rainforests

Plant Ecology

Volumn 218, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 251-263

  Lira, Jéssica ^a   Caires, Claudenir S ^b   Fadini, Rodrigo F ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO OESTE DO PARÁ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO SUDOESTE DA BAHIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Hemiparasite; Host parasite interaction; Mistletoe assembly; Reduced Impact Logging

Indexed keywords

CANOPY; DECIDUOUS TREE; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEMIPARASITE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; LOGGING (TIMBER); PARASITE INFESTATION; PARASITISM; RAINFOREST; TROPICAL FOREST;

AMAZONAS [BRAZIL]; BRAZIL;

LORANTHACEAE; SANTALACEAE;

EID: 84997482216     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: 15735052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-016-0683-9     Document Type: Article

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