The vascular epiphytes of a lowland forest in Panama-species composition and spatial structure

Plant Ecology

Volumn 195, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 131-141

  Zotz, Gerhard ^a,b   Schultz, Steffen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c GREENING AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Bromeliaceae; Orchidaceae; Patchiness; San Lorenzo crane site; Tropical forests

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CENSUS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; DATA SET; EPIPHYTE; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; PATCHINESS; SPACING; TROPICAL FOREST; VASCULAR PLANT;

CENTRAL AMERICA; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

BROMELIACEAE; ORCHIDACEAE;

EID: 38749094490     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-007-9310-0     Document Type: Article

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