Cryptogamic epiphytes in primary and recovering upper montane oak forests of Costa Rica - Species richness, community composition and ecology

Plant Ecology

Volumn 178, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 89-109

  Holz, Ingo ^a   Gradstein, Robbert S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bryophytes; Cordillera de Talamanca; Indicator species; Macrolichens; Secondary forest; Secondary succession

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; EPIPHYTE; MONTANE FOREST; SECONDARY SUCCESSION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

CENTRAL AMERICA; CORDILLERA DE TALAMANCA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; QUERCUS;

EID: 21044440036     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-004-2496-5     Document Type: Article

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