Host specificity in vascular epiphytes: a review of methodology, empirical evidence and potential mechanisms

A considerable number of plants depend on structural support of other plants. To understand their diversity and ecology, it is essential to know how strongly potential host species differ in their suitability as hosts. This review focuses on vascular epiphytes, i.e. structurally dependent plants that do not parasitize their hosts. Despite a longstanding interest in the topic, our knowledge on the strength of their host specificity is still scanty. This is arguably due to conceptual confusion, but also because of the large complexity of the study system, which turns quantifying host specificity in the field into a challenge.

• Publication year

  2015

• Venue

  AoB Plants

• Publication date

  2015-01-06

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1093/aobpla/plu092PMID 25564514PMCID 4306756
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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