Influence of niche characteristics and forest type on fern species richness, abundance and plant size along an elevational gradient in Costa Rica

Plant Ecology

Volumn 212, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1109-1121

  Kluge, Jürgen ^a,b   Kessler, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climatic environment; Elevational gradient; Ferns; Habitat type; Niche segregation; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CLIMATE EFFECT; DEAD WOOD; DISTURBANCE; ELEVATION; FERN; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT TYPE; HUMIDITY; NICHE; SPECIES RICHNESS; TROPICAL FOREST;

COSTA RICA;

FILICOPHYTA;

EID: 79958044333     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-010-9891-x     Document Type: Article

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