Diversity of dry forest epiphytes along a gradient of human disturbance in the tropical andes

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 59-68

  Werner, Florian A ^a   Gradstein, S Robbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acacia macracantha; Bioindicator; Bryophyte; Edge effect; microclimate; Nestedness; Tropical montane dry forest; Vascular epiphyte

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOINDICATOR; BRYOPHYTE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DRY FOREST; EDGE EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; EPIPHYTE; FOREST EDGE; GRASSLAND; HABITAT TYPE; MICROCLIMATE; MONTANE FOREST; NESTEDNESS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TROPICAL REGION;

ANDES; SOUTH AMERICA;

ACACIA; ACACIA MACRACANTHA; BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 70249145766     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2009.05286.x     Document Type: Article

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