Vertical stratification of vascular epiphytes in submontane and montane forest of the Bolivian Andes: The importance of the understory

Plant Ecology

Volumn 189, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 261-278

  Krömer, Thorsten ^a,b   Kessler, Michael ^a   Gradstein, S Robbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Bolivia; Ecological types; Tropical montane forest; Vascular epiphytes; Vertical distribution

Indexed keywords

ECOTYPE; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; EPIPHYTE; FLORISTICS; GENERALIST; HUMIDITY; MONTANE FOREST; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; UNDERSTORY; VASCULAR PLANT; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

ANDES; BOLIVIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

FILICOPHYTA; ORCHIDACEAE;

EID: 33947509661     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-006-9182-8     Document Type: Article

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