Recolonization of vascular epiphytes in a shaded coffee agroecosystem

Applied Vegetation Science

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 99-107

  Toledo Aceves, Tarin ^a   García Franco, José G ^a   Hernández Rojas, Adriana ^a   Macmillan, Keith ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Bromeliads; Canopy; Coffee management; Disturbance; Ferns; Orchids; Succession

Indexed keywords

ARACEAE; BROMELIACEAE; CACTACEAE; FILICOPHYTA; ORCHIDACEAE;

EID: 84855989101     PISSN: 14022001     EISSN: 1654109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-109X.2011.01140.x     Document Type: Article

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