Temporal dynamics of an ephemeral plant community: Species turnover in seasonal rock pools on Ivorian inselbergs

Plant Ecology

Volumn 167, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 283-292

  Krieger, Axel ^a   Porembski, Stefan ^a   Barthlott, Wilhelm ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climatic disturbances; Frequency; Ivory Coast; Rock pools; Species richness; Species turnover

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; EPHEMERAL POOL; INSELBERG; PLANT COMMUNITY; ROCK POOL; TURNOVER;

COTE D'IVOIRE;

CYANOTIS;

EID: 0038482017     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023988411575     Document Type: Article

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