Epiphytic bryophytes in Canarian subtropical montane cloud forests: the importance of the time since disturbance and host identity

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 48-63

  Patiño, Jairo ^a   González Mancebo, Juana M ^a   Fernéndez Palacios, José M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRYOPHYTE COMMUNITIES; BRYOPHYTE SPECIES; CANARY ISLANDS; CHRONOSEQUENCE; EARLY-SUCCESSIONAL; FOREST LANDSCAPES; FORESTRY PRACTICES; OLD-GROWTH STANDS; POST HARVESTS; SPECIES COMPOSITIONS; STUDY AREAS; SUCCESSIONAL STAGES; TEMPORAL CHANGES;

HARVESTING;

FORESTRY;

BRYOPHYTE; CHRONOSEQUENCE; CLEARCUTTING; CLOUD FOREST; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; DICOTYLEDON; EPIPHYTE; FERN; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY PRACTICE; HARVESTING; HOST PLANT; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; PHYLOGENETICS; SHRUB; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUBTROPICAL REGION; SUCCESSION; SURVIVAL; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TURNOVER;

ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TREES;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANARY ISLANDS; EURASIA; EUROPE; LA PALMA; MACARONESIA; SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE [(PRV) CANARY ISLANDS]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; ERICA ARBOREA; FILICOPHYTA; LAURUS; MORELLA FAYA; MYRICACEAE;

EID: 64849105136     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X08-155     Document Type: Article

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