Role of tree ferns in flowering plant settlement in the tropical montane rainforests of La Réunion (Mascarene Archipelago, Indian Ocean);Rôle des fougères arborescentes dans l'installation des plantes à fleurs en forêt tropicale humide de montagne à La Réunion (Mascareignes, Océan Indien)

Revue d'Ecologie (La Terre et la Vie)

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 199-207

  Rivière, Jean Noël ^a   Hivert, Jean ^b   Schmitt, Laurent ^a   Derroire, Géraldine ^c   Sarrailh, Jean Michel ^a   Baret, Stéphane ^a  

^a C53 UMR Peuplements Végétaux et Bioagresseurs en Milieu Tropical ^*

^b Conservatoire Botanique National de Mascarin ^*  (Reunion)

^c CIRAD   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; EPIPHYTE; FERN; FLOWERING; HABITAT TYPE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MICROHABITAT; MONTANE FOREST; REGENERATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; TREE; TROPICAL FOREST;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MASCARENE ISLANDS; REUNION;

CYATHEA; FILICOPHYTA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 47149095425     PISSN: 02497395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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