Potential effects of climate change on canopy communities in a tropical cloud forest: An experimental approach

Oecologia

Volumn 131, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 580-586

  Nadkarni, Nalini M ^a   Solano, Rodrigo ^b  

^a EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Monteverde ^*  (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Canopy; Climate change; Epiphyte; Monteverde; Tropical montane forest

Indexed keywords

CANOPY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLOUD WATER; EPIPHYTE; LONGEVITY; MONTANE FOREST; PRODUCTIVITY;

CELLULAR ORGANISMS;

EID: 0036942579     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-002-0899-3     Document Type: Article

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