Ecophysiology in relation to exposure of pendant epiphytic bryophytes in the canopy of a tropical montane oak forest

Biotropica

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 35-41

  Romero, Claudia ^a   Putz, Francis E ^a   Kitajima, Kaoru ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bryophytes; Cloud forest; Costa Rica; Ecophysiology; Epiphytes; Photosynthesis

Indexed keywords

BRYOPHYTE; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EPIPHYTE; MONTANE FOREST; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; TROPICAL FOREST;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; DENDROPOGONELLA; FRULLANIA; FRULLANIA CONVOLUTA; PHYLLOGONIUM VISCOSUM; PILOTRICHELLA FLEXILIS; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 33645007622     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2006.00099.x     Document Type: Article

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