Plants in the forest canopy: Some reflections on current research and future direction

Plant Ecology

Volumn 153, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 39-50

  Lowman, Margaret D ^a  

^a MARIE SELBY BOTANICAL GARDENS   (United States)

Author keywords

Canopy access; Canopy biology; Epiphytes; Forests; Plants

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; CANOPY; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FOREST;

GRUIDAE; INSECTA; ORCHIDACEAE;

EID: 0034802865     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1017548518397     Document Type: Conference Paper

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