New Zealand Journal of Botany abstracts

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The diagnostic value and host relationships of the dependent synusia in the forests of Mount Korobaba, Fiji

D. C. HASSALL*

School of Natural Resources
University of the South Pacific
P.O. Box 1168, Laucala Bay, Suva, Fiji

J. B. KIRKPATRICK

Department of Geography
University of Tasmania
Box 252C, GPO, Hobart
Tasmania, Australia 7001

Abstract The dependent synusia in 15 forests plots on Mt Korobaba, Fiji proved better predic- tors of the overall floristic composition of the plots than any of the tree, sapling, shrub, or herb syn- usiae. The species richness of epiphytes and climb- ers per tree and sapling varies by host species, by the positions of individuals of species in the struc- tural gradient, and by the size of the individuals of particular species.

Keywords tropical forest; Fiji; epiphytes; climbers; floristic prediction; host relationships

Received 30 November 1983; accepted 18 July 1984
New Zealand Journal of Botany, 1985, Vol. 23 : 47-54
0028-825X/85/2301-0047$2.50/0 © Crown copyright 1985

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