Epiphytes and their contribution to canopy diversity

Plant Ecology

Volumn 153, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 51-63

  Nieder, Jürgen ^a   Prosperí, Juliana ^b   Michaloud, Georges ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Ficus; Neotropical and Paleotropical epiphytes; Rain forest; Vascular plants

Indexed keywords

CANOPY; EPIPHYTE; HOST USE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TROPICAL FOREST; VASCULAR PLANT;

TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 0034808390     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1017517119305     Document Type: Conference Paper

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