Habitat fragmentation impacts on epiphyllous bryophyte communities in central Amazonia

Ecology

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 948-954

  Zartman, Charles E ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon rain forests; Bryophytes; Community structure; Epiphylls; Habitat fragmentation; Rarefaction; Reserve design

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BRYOPHYTE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DEFORESTATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; RAINFOREST; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AMAZONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; PTERIDOPHYTA;

EID: 0042816286     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2003)084[0948:HFIOEB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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