Appendix D. Proportion of plant species (N = 198) affected by nine disease types in a variety of habitats in the Neotropics. (Derived from data of Appendix B).
Habitat |
Cankers |
Damping - off |
Flower diseases |
Flower smuts |
Flower rusts |
Leaf diseases |
Root smuts |
Rusts |
Leaf / stem smuts |
TOTALS |
Aquatic |
1 |
1 |
2 |
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Caribbean mangrove |
3 |
3 |
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Cerrado |
25 |
11 |
36 |
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Cloud forest |
1 |
6 |
1 |
8 |
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Deciduous forest |
2 |
5 |
5 |
1 |
13 |
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Disturbed area |
23 |
27 |
14 |
64 |
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Evergreen rain forest |
1 |
1 |
3 |
6 |
11 |
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Grasslands |
2 |
2 |
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Open areas |
6 |
2 |
8 |
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Riverbank |
1 |
1 |
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Sand dunes |
2 |
2 |
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Savanna |
1 |
1 |
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Semideciduous forest |
4 |
11 |
1 |
9 |
1 |
26 |
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Shorelines |
11 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
15 |
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Swamps |
1 |
1 |
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Wetlands |
5 |
5 |
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TOTALS |
5 |
12 |
1 |
48 |
1 |
45 |
1 |
59 |
26 |
198 |