The epiphyte vegetation of Annona glabra on Barro Colorado Island, Panama

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 761-776

  Zotz, Gerhard ^a,b   Bermejo, Patricia ^b   Dietz, Hansjörg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Barro Colorado Island; Biodiversity; Community dissimilarity; Crassulacean acid metabolism; Epiphytes; Species distribution

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; EPIPHYTE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM;

PANAMA;

ANNONA; ANNONA GLABRA; CRASSULACEAE;

EID: 0033428136     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2699.1999.00304.x     Document Type: Article

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