Biomass and water storage dynamics of epiphytes in old-growth and secondary montane cloud forest stands in Costa Rica

Plant Ecology

Volumn 193, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 171-184

  Köhler, Lars ^a   Tobón, Conrado ^b,c   Frumau, K F Arnoud ^b   Bruijnzeel, L A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Bryophytes; Canopy; Rain forest; Rainfall interception; Succession; Water storage capacity

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; BRYOPHYTE; CANOPY; CLOUD FOREST; EPIPHYTE; FOREST DYNAMICS; HUMUS; MONTANE FOREST; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; RAINFALL; REGENERATION; SECONDARY FOREST; SUCCESSION; WATER STORAGE;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA; MONTEVERDE CLOUD FOREST RESERVE; PUNTARENAS;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES;

EID: 34547885968     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-006-9256-7     Document Type: Article

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