The impacts of Hurricane Wilma on the epiphytes of el edén ecological reserve, Quintana Roo, Mexico

Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 377-387

  Goode, Laurel K ^a   Allen, Michael F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Epiphyte populations; Hurricane; Mexico; Successional stages; Wilma; Yucat n Peninsula

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; EPIPHYTE; HURRICANE; NATURE RESERVE; SECONDARY FOREST; SUCCESSION; WETLAND;

EL EDEN ECOLOGICAL RESERVE; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; QUINTANA ROO;

BROMELIACEAE; ORCHIDACEAE;

EID: 53949095635     PISSN: 10955674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3159/07-RA-052.1     Document Type: Article

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