Elevational distribution and zonation of tropical pteridophyte assemblages in Costa Rica

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 35-43

  Kluge, Jürgen ^a   Bach, Kerstin ^a   Kessler, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Costa Rica; Elevational species turnover; Simulation; Tropical montane forest

Indexed keywords

FILICOPHYTA; PTERIDOPHYTA;

EID: 36749083467     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: 16180089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2006.11.004     Document Type: Article

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