Bole epiphytic bryophytes on Lithocarpus xylocarpus (Kurz) Markgr. in the Ailao Mountains, SW China

Ecological Research

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 351-363

  Song, Liang ^a,b   Liu, Wen yao ^a,c   Ma, Wen zhang ^d   Tan, Zheng hong ^a,b  

^a CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d KUNMING INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

Author keywords

Aspect; Bark pH; Diameter; Epiphytic bryophyte; Humidity; Life form; Recovery; Richness

Indexed keywords

ASPECT; BRYOPHYTE; DIAMETER; EPIPHYTE; FOREST CANOPY; MICROCLIMATE; MICROHABITAT; MONTANE FOREST; PH; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TRADE WIND;

AILAO MOUNTAINS; CHINA; YUNNAN;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; LITHOCARPUS; LITHOCARPUS XYLOCARPUS; SYRRHOPODON GARDNERI;

EID: 79952752773     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-010-0790-3     Document Type: Article

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