Phytogeography of the bryophyte floras of oak forests and páramo of the Cordillera de Talamanca, Costa Rica

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1591-1609

  Holz, Ingo ^a,b   Robbert Gradstein, S ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^d Department of Systematic Botany ^*

Author keywords

Central America; Distribution ranges; Hepatics; Montane rain forest; Mosses

Indexed keywords

ALLOPATRY; ANDEAN OROGENY; BIODIVERSITY; BRYOPHYTE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENDEMIC SPECIES; GLACIATION; MONTANE FOREST; NEOTROPICAL REGION; PHYTOGEOGRAPHY; PLEISTOCENE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

CENTRAL AMERICA; CORDILLERA DE TALAMANCA; COSTA RICA; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; MARCHANTIOPHYTA; QUERCUS; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 33745295157     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2005.01250.x     Document Type: Article

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