How heterogeneous are the cloud forest communities in the mountains of central Veracruz, Mexico?

Plant Ecology

Volumn 214, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 685-701

  Williams Linera, Guadalupe ^a   Toledo Garibaldi, María ^a   Hernández, Claudia Gallardo ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Alpha diversity; Beta diversity; Elevation gradient; Indicator species; Lower montane forest; Upper montane forest

Indexed keywords

BASAL AREA; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOREGION; HETEROGENEITY; MONTANE FOREST; MOUNTAIN; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SPECIES RICHNESS; TREE;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; VERACRUZ;

CLETHRA; FAGUS; FAGUS GRANDIFOLIA; LIQUIDAMBAR; LIQUIDAMBAR STYRACIFLUA; OREOMUNNEA MEXICANA; PERSEA AMERICANA; PRUNUS; QUERCUS; TERNSTROEMIA SYLVATICA;

EID: 84878112172     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-013-0199-5     Document Type: Article

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