Population dynamics of epiphytes in a Mexican humid montane forest

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 767-775

  Hietz, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Canopy; Disturbance; Epiphyte; Population dynamics; Tillandsia

Indexed keywords

BRANCHFALL; EPIPHYTE; MONTANE FOREST;

MEXICO;

BROMELIACEAE; CATOPSIS; ORCHIDACEAE; PEPEROMIA; PIPERACEAE; TILLANDSIA;

EID: 0031434069     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2960600     Document Type: Article

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