The lowland cloud forest of French Guiana - A liverwort hotspot

Cryptogamie, Bryologie

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 141-152

  Gradstein, S Robbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Epiphylls; Epiphytes; Forest canopy; French Guiana; Liverworts; Long range dispersal; Species richness; Tropical lowland cloud forest

Indexed keywords

CLOUD FOREST; FOREST CANOPY; LIVERWORT; SPECIES RICHNESS;

FRENCH GUIANA; SOUTH AMERICA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MARCHANTIOPHYTA;

EID: 32044451962     PISSN: 12900796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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