Habitat isolation changes the beta diversity of the vascular epiphyte community in lower montane forest, Veracruz, Mexico

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 191-207

  Flores Palacios, Alejandro ^a   García Franco, José G ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE MORELOS   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Alpha diversity; Beta diversity; Gamma diversity; Species accumulation functions

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DEFORESTATION; EPIPHYTE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; ISOLATED POPULATION; MONTANE FOREST; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; VASCULAR PLANT;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; VERACRUZ;

EID: 38349019464     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-007-9239-6     Document Type: Article

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