Herbivory on epiphytic ferns of a Mexican cloud forest

Fern Gazette

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 303-309

  Mehltreter, K ^a   Hulber K ^b   Hietz, P ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cloud forest; Epiphytes; Fertility; Herbivory; Leaf age; Mexico

Indexed keywords

FILICOPHYTA; HEXAPODA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PLEOPELTIS CRASSINERVATA; POLYPODIUM (PLANT); POLYPODIUM FURFURACEUM; POLYPODIUM PLEBEIUM; POLYPODIUM RHODOPLEURON;

EID: 33846404930     PISSN: 03080838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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