The bromeliad microcosm and the assessment of faunal diversity in a neotropical forest

Biotropica

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 321-336

  Richardson, Barbara A ^a,b  

^a EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bromeliads; Diversity; Dwarf forest; Elevation; Fauna; Neotropical; Palo colorado; Productivity; Puerto Rico; Tabonuco

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FAUNA; MICROCOSM; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PHYTOTELMIC ECOSYSTEM; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

LUQUILLO EXPERIMENTAL FOREST; PUERTO RICO;

EID: 0033512103     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.1999.tb00144.x     Document Type: Article

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