Vertebrate florivory of vascular epiphytes: the case of a bromeliad
Abstract The avoidance of vertebrate herbivory is thought to be one of the possible drivers for the evolution of epiphytism. Scarce literature suggests that epiphyte herbivory is mainly related to insect attack on reproductive structures. In a pine-oak forest we observed almost all inflorescences o...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Instituto Internacional de Ecologia
2018-07-01
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| Series: | Brazilian Journal of Biology |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1519-69842018005018102&lng=en&tlng=en |