A species-poor tropical sedge community: Afrotrilepis pilosa mats on inselbergs in West Africa

Nordic Journal of Botany

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 239-245

  Porembski, Stefan ^a   Brown, Gary ^a   Barthlott, Wilhelm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFROTRILEPIS; AFROTRILEPIS PILOSA; CYPERACEAE; EMBRYOPHYTA;

COMPETITIVE DISPLACEMENT; INSELBERG; SEDGE COMMUNITY;

COTE D'IVOIRE;

EID: 0030299123     PISSN: 0107055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1756-1051.1996.tb00222.x     Document Type: Article

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