Epiphytic bryophyte communities of southwestern Arabia - Phytosociology, ecology and life strategies

Nova Hedwigia

Volumn 77, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 55-71

  Kürschner, Harald ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bryophytes; Ecology; Epiphytes; Life forms; Life strategies; Phytosociology; Saudi Arabia; Syntaxonomy; Yemen

Indexed keywords

ACACIA; ACACIA ORIGENA; BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS PROCERA; LEUCODONTETUM; MARCHANTIOPHYTA; ORTHOTRICHUM DIAPHANUM; SYNTRICHIA LAEVIPILA;

EID: 13444262985     PISSN: 00295035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0029-5035/2003/0077-0055     Document Type: Article

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