Some observations on the biomass and distribution of cryptogamic epiphytes in the upper montane forest of the Rwenzori Mountains, Uganda

Global Ecology and Biogeography Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 273-284

  Pentecost, Allan ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomass; Bryophytes; Epiphytes; Ericaceae; Forest; Lichens; Nutrients; Rwenzori; Upper montane

Indexed keywords

EID: 0006911556     PISSN: 09607447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2997601     Document Type: Article

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