The epiphyte vegetation of the palm Socratea exorrhiza - Correlations with tree size, tree age and bryophyte cover

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 81-90

  Zotz, Gerhard ^a,b   Vollrath, Birgit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Araceae; Bromeliaceae; Canopy dynamics; Diversity; Ferns; Hemi epiphytes; Moss; Orchidaceae; Vascular epiphytes

Indexed keywords

EPIPHYTE; FLORA; MOSS; RAINFOREST;

PANAMA;

ARACEAE; BROMELIACEAE; BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; FILICOPHYTA; ORCHIDACEAE; PTERIDOPHYTA; SOCRATEA EXORRHIZA;

EID: 0037263520     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467403003092     Document Type: Article

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