What does phylloplane mean?
Phylloplane means (ecology) The surface of a leaf, considered as a habitat.
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(ecology) The surface of a leaf, considered as a habitat.
On the island of Barro Colorado, with an area of 23 square kilometres, at least 43 species of the genus Poecilominettia co-exist, all of which are known to feed upon the same material, namely phylloplane fungi.
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Phylloplane means (ecology) The surface of a leaf, considered as a habitat.
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On the island of Barro Colorado, with an area of 23 square kilometres, at least 43 species of the genus Poecilominettia co-exist, all of which are known to feed upon the same material, namely phylloplane fungi.
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