Arthropod assemblages in vegetative vs. humic portions of epiphyte mats in a neotropical cloud forest

Pedobiologia

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 51-58

  Yanoviak, Stephen P ^a,b   Walker, Hannah ^a,c   Nadkarni, Nalini M ^a  

^a EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c Glencliff Farm   (United States)

Author keywords

Canopy; Cloud forest; Detritus; Epiphytes; Microhabitat; Monteverde; Stratification; Tropics

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; CLOUD FOREST; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DETRITUS; EPIPHYTE;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA; MONTEVERDE; PUNTARENAS;

ACARI; ARTHROPODA; ORIBATIDA;

EID: 1442264944     PISSN: 00314056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedobi.2003.07.003     Document Type: Article

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