Vascular Epiphyte Diversity Differs with Host Crown Zone and Diameter, but Not Orientation in a Tropical Cloud Forest

Xixi Wang; Wenxing Long; Brandon S. Schamp; Xiaobo Yang; Yong Kang; Zhixu Xie; Menghui Xiong

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0158548

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Vascular Epiphyte Diversity Differs with Host Crown Zone and Diameter, but Not Orientation in a Tropical Cloud Forest

Xixi Wang,

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Protection and Development Utilization of Tropical Crop Germplasm Resource, Ministry of Education; College of Horticulture and Landscape Agriculture, Hainan University, Haikou, People’s Republic of China
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Wenxing Long ,

* E-mail: oklong@hainu.edu.cn

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Protection and Development Utilization of Tropical Crop Germplasm Resource, Ministry of Education; College of Horticulture and Landscape Agriculture, Hainan University, Haikou, People’s Republic of China
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Brandon S. Schamp,

Affiliation Department of Biology, Algoma University, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, P6A 2G4 Canada
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Xiaobo Yang,

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Protection and Development Utilization of Tropical Crop Germplasm Resource, Ministry of Education; College of Horticulture and Landscape Agriculture, Hainan University, Haikou, People’s Republic of China
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Yong Kang,

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Protection and Development Utilization of Tropical Crop Germplasm Resource, Ministry of Education; College of Horticulture and Landscape Agriculture, Hainan University, Haikou, People’s Republic of China
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Zhixu Xie,

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Protection and Development Utilization of Tropical Crop Germplasm Resource, Ministry of Education; College of Horticulture and Landscape Agriculture, Hainan University, Haikou, People’s Republic of China
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Menghui Xiong

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Protection and Development Utilization of Tropical Crop Germplasm Resource, Ministry of Education; College of Horticulture and Landscape Agriculture, Hainan University, Haikou, People’s Republic of China
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Vascular Epiphyte Diversity Differs with Host Crown Zone and Diameter, but Not Orientation in a Tropical Cloud Forest

Xixi Wang,
Wenxing Long,
Brandon S. Schamp,
Xiaobo Yang,
Yong Kang,
Zhixu Xie,
Menghui Xiong

Published: July 8, 2016
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0158548

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