Fate of epiphytes on phorophytes with different architectural characteristics along the perturbation gradient of Sabal mexicana forests in Veracruz, Mexico

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 6-15

  Aguirre, A ^a   Guevara, R ^a,d   Garcia M ^b   Lopez J C ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD MICHOACANA DE SAN NICOLÁS DE HIDALGO   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD VERACRUZANA   (Mexico)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beta diversity; Epiphytic ferns; Forest fragmentation; Ophioglossum palmatum; Phylogenetic diversity

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ARCHITECTURE; COASTAL ZONE; DIVERSITY INDEX; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; EPIPHYTE; FERN; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; MONOCULTURE; NEOTROPICAL REGION; PERTURBATION; PHYLOGENETICS; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES EVENNESS; SPECIES RICHNESS; VASCULAR PLANT;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; VERACRUZ;

CHEIROGLOSSA PALMATA; FILICOPHYTA; SABAL; SABAL MEXICANA;

EID: 78650734330     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: 16541103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2009.01131.x     Document Type: Article

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