The epiphyte communities of a montane rain forest in the Andes of Venezuela: Patterns in the distribution of the flora

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 643-666

  Kelly, Daniel L ^a   O'Donovan, Grace ^b   Feehan, Jane ^c   Murphy, Susan ^a   Drangeid, Svein O ^d   Marcano Berti, Luis ^e  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d Universidad de Los Andes ^*  (Norway)

^e FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Andes; Bryophytes; Cloud forest; Diversity; Epiphytes; Lichens; Montane forest; Neotropics; Rain forest; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; EPIPHYTE; HABITAT STRUCTURE; MONTANE FOREST; RAINFOREST; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ANDES; SOUTH AMERICA; VENEZUELA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; ELAPHOGLOSSUM; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MARCHANTIOPHYTA; MAXILLARIA; OMPHALANTHUS FILIFORMIS; PARMOTREMA; PTERIDOPHYTA; SYRRHOPODON; SYRRHOPODON GAUDICHAUDII; USNEA; VISCUM; VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 7944222853     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467404001671     Document Type: Article

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