Epiphytic ferns and bryophytes of Tasmanian tree-ferns: A comparison of diversity and composition between two host species

Austral Ecology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 146-154

  Roberts, Nina R ^a   Dalton, Patrick J ^a   Jordan, Gregory J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cyathea; Dicksonia; Liverworts; Microhabitat; Mosses; Substrate preferences; Tree ferns

Indexed keywords

BRYOPHYTE; FERN; HOST-SYMBIONT INTERACTION; PLANT COMMUNITY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; CYATHEA; DICKSONIA; DICKSONIA ANTARCTICA; FILICOPHYTA; HYMENODON PILIFER; MARCHANTIOPHYTA;

EID: 17644404814     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2005.01440.x     Document Type: Article

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