Species richness of epiphytic bryophytes: Drivers across scales on the edge of the Mediterranean

Ecography

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 80-93

  Medina, Nagore G ^a   Albertos, Belén ^b   Lara, Francisco ^a   Mazimpaka, Vicente ^a   Garilleti, Ricardo ^b   Draper, David ^c   Hortal, Joaquín ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD TÉCNICA PARTICULAR DE LOJA   (Ecuador)

^d MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; BRYOPHYTE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE VARIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIPHYTE; HABITAT TYPE; MACROECOLOGY; RAINFALL; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ATLANTIC FOREST; MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES;

EID: 84892441895     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2013.00095.x     Document Type: Article

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