Diversity patterns of vascular epiphytes along an elevational gradient in the Andes

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1799-1809

  Krömer, Thorsten ^a,b,d   Kessler, Michael ^b   Robbert Gradstein, S ^b,e   Acebey, Amparo ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c Herbario Nacional de Bolivia   (Bolivia)

^d Los Tuxtlas Biological Research Station   (Mexico)

^e Department of Systematic Botany ^*

Author keywords

Andes; Aroids; Bolivia; Bromeliads; Diversity; Elevational gradient; Ferns; Orchids; Tropical montane forest; Vascular epiphytes

Indexed keywords

ELEVATION; EPIPHYTE; FOREST CANOPY; PHYLOGENETICS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SAMPLING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; VASCULAR PLANT;

ANDES; BOLIVIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

ARACEAE; BROMELIACEAE; CYCLANTHACEAE; ERICACEAE; FILICOPHYTA; MELASTOMATACEAE; ORCHIDACEAE; PTERIDOPHYTA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 33644960285     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2005.01318.x     Document Type: Article

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