Distributional Patterns of Epiphytic Ferns are Explained by the Presence of Cryptic Species

Biotropica

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 6-7

  Fayle, Tom M ^a,b   Dumbrell, Alex J ^c,d   Turner, Edgar C ^b   Foster, William A ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY MUSEUM OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asplenium nidus; Asplenium phyllitidis; Bird's nest fern; Climate change; Habitat conversion; Microclimate; Vertical stratification

Indexed keywords

ASPLENIUM NIDUS; ASPLENIUM PHYLLITIDIS; AVES; FILICOPHYTA;

EID: 78650745128     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2010.00731.x     Document Type: Note

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