Interception and retention of macroscopic bryophyte fragments by branch substrates in a tropical cloud forest: An experimental and demographic approach

Oecologia

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 60-65

  Nadkarni, Nalini M ^a   Cobb, Alexander R ^a,c   Solano, Rodrigo ^b  

^a EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Harvard University ^*  (Costa Rica)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bryophytes; Canopy studies; Monteverde; Plant demography; Succession

Indexed keywords

BRYOPHYTE; COLONIZATION; FOREST CANOPY;

COSTA RICA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; OCOTEA; OCOTEA TONDUZII; PTERIDOPHYTA;

EID: 0033975577     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00008836     Document Type: Article

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