Influence of microclimate on the occurrence of cyanobacteria in the phyllosphere in a premontane rain forest of Costa Rica

Plant Biology

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 244-252

  Freiberg, Elke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Costa Rica; Cyanobacteria; Epiphylls; Microclimate; Phyllosphere; Scytonema; Tropical rain forest

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIUM; MICROCLIMATE; RAINFOREST;

COSTA RICA;

ACANTHACEAE; BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; CYANOBACTERIA; SCYTONEMA; SCYTONEMA HOFMANNII; SCYTONEMA JAVANICUM; SPATHACONTHUS; SPATHACONTHUS HOFFMANNII;

EID: 0032955708     PISSN: 14358603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1438-8677.1999.tb00250.x     Document Type: Article

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