Effect of Host Tree Traits on Epiphyte Diversity in Natural and Anthropogenic Habitats in Ecuador

Biotropica

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 685-694

  Köster, Nils ^a,b   Nieder, Jürgen ^a   Barthlott, Wilhelm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cloud forest; Deforestation; Forest fragment; Isolated remnant tree; Land use; Primary forest; Secondary forest; Tropical rain forest

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLOUD FOREST; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DEFORESTATION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; EPIPHYTE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HABITAT TYPE; HOST PLANT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAND USE CHANGE; RAINFOREST; SECONDARY FOREST; SELECTIVE LOGGING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY;

ANDES; ECUADOR;

EID: 80155191195     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2011.00759.x     Document Type: Article

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