Forest canopies: Methods, hypotheses, and future directions

Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics

Volumn 27, Issue , 1996, Pages 55-81

  Lowman, Margaret D ^a   Wittman, Philip K ^a  

^a MARIE SELBY BOTANICAL GARDENS   (United States)

Author keywords

arthropods; biodiversity; canopy access techniques; canopy atmosphere interface; epiphytes; forest canopies; herbivory

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ARTHROPODA; MAMMALIA;

FOREST CANOPY; RESEARCH METHOD; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

EID: 0030304979     PISSN: 00664162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.ecolsys.27.1.55     Document Type: Article

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