Niche assembly of epiphytic bryophyte communities in the Guianas: A regional approach

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2076-2084

  Mota De Oliveira, Sylvia ^a   Ter Steege, Hans ^b   Cornelissen, Johannes H C ^c   Robbert Gradstein, S ^d  

^a Plant Ecology and Biodiversity   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amazon; Canopy; Community assembly; Dispersal; Epiphytes; French Guiana; Guyana; Liverworts; Mosses

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GROUP BEHAVIOR; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; MOSS; NICHE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

AMAZON RIVER; FRENCH GUIANA; SOUTH AMERICA;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; MARCHANTIOPHYTA;

EID: 70350135013     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2009.02144.x     Document Type: Article

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