Does the width of isolated ravine forests influence moss and liverwort diversity and composition? - A study of temperate forests in South Africa

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1441-1458

  Hylander, Kristoffer ^a   Hedderson, Terry A J ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Afromontane forest; Bryophyte; Cape Floristic Kingdom; Diversity; Edge effect; Fragmentation; Patch size; Plant; South Africa; Species richness

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE VARIATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOTONE; EDGE EFFECT; LIVERWORT; MICROCLIMATE; MOSS; PATCH SIZE; SHRUB; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPERATE FOREST;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; MARCHANTIOPHYTA;

EID: 34250876460     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-006-9006-0     Document Type: Article

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