Colonization of stripped branch surfaces by epiphytes in a lower Montane Cloud Forest, Monteverde, Costa Rica

Biotropica

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 358-363

  Nadkarni, Nalini M ^a  

^a EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cloud forest; Colonization; Costa Rica; Epiphyte; Monteverde; Secondary succession

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034045761     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2000.tb00479.x     Document Type: Note

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