Vascular plant diversity in natural and anthropogenic ecosystems in the andes of southern ecuador

Mountain Research and Development

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 344-352

  Peters, Thorsten ^a   Diertl, Karl Heinz ^a   Gawlik, Julia ^a   Rankl, Melanie ^a   Richter, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Andes; anthropogenic ecosystems; Ecuador; mountain forest ecosystems; plant diversity; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MONTANE FOREST; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VASCULAR PLANT;

ANDES; ECUADOR;

PODOCARPUS; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 78649518949     PISSN: 02764741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-10-00029.1     Document Type: Article

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