How liverworts build hanging gardens from volcanic ash in Costa Rica

Catena

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 13-22

  Jongmans, A G ^a   Van Breemen, N ^a   Gradstein, S R ^b   Van Oort, F ^c  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Liverwort; Micromorphology; Scanning electron microscopy; Volcanic ash

Indexed keywords

HABITAT CREATION; LIVERWORT; PIONEER SPECIES; VOLCANIC ASH;

COSTA RICA;

FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MARCHANTIOPHYTA; NARDIA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 0035907180     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0341-8162(00)00151-X     Document Type: Article

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