Presence of cushion plants increases community diversity in the high equatorial Andes

Flora: Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants

Volumn 204, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 270-277

  Sklenář, Petr ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Ecuador; Nurse plant; P ramo; Plant community diversity; Species richness; Tropical alpine

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; CANONICAL ANALYSIS; COLONIZATION; DICOTYLEDON; DIVERSITY INDEX; NURSE PLANT; PARAMO; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES EVENNESS; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; WOODY PLANT;

ARENARIA (CARYOPHYLLACEAE); AZORELLA;

EID: 64149117751     PISSN: 03672530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.flora.2008.04.001     Document Type: Article

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