Distribution of Tree Ferns (Cyatheaceae) Across the Successional Mosaic in an Andean Cloud Forest, Nariño, Colombia

American Fern Journal

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 60-71

  Arens, Nan Crystal ^a   Sánchez Baracaldo, Patricia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYATHEA; CYATHEA CARACASANA; CYATHEACEAE; DICKSONIA; DICKSONIA SELLOWIANA; FILICOPHYTA; LOPHOSORIA; LOPHOSORIA QUADRIPINNATA;

EID: 0002336547     PISSN: 00028444     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1547225     Document Type: Article

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