Effect of isolation on the structure and nutrient content of oak epiphyte communities

Plant Ecology

Volumn 173, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 259-269

  Flores Palacios, Alejandro ^a   García Franco, José G ^a  

^a Apdo P 63 CP 91000 Xalapa V   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Bromeliaceae; Community structure; Dominance diversity relations; Fragmentation; Lower montane cloud forest; Orchidaceae; Remnant trees; Tillandsia.

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; EPIPHYTE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; ISOLATION EFFECT; NUTRIENT;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; VERACRUZ;

BROMELIACEAE; ORCHIDACEAE; QUERCUS; TILLANDSIA;

EID: 3042724840     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:VEGE.0000029337.92724.18     Document Type: Article

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