Epiphyte diversity and biomass in the canopy of lowland and montane forests in Ecuador

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 673-688

  Freiberg, M ^a   Freiberg, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Biomass; Canopy; Ecuador; Epiphyte humus; Epiphytes; Tropical rain forest

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CANOPY; EPIPHYTE; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; RAINFOREST; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ECUADOR;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES;

EID: 0033745639     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467400001644     Document Type: Article

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