Epiphytic plants as NTFPs from the forest canopies: Priorities for management and conservation

Treetops at Risk: Challenges of Global Canopy Ecology and Conservation

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 435-444

  Elliott, Daniela Dutra ^a   Ticktin, Tamara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Bromeliaceae; Epiphyte; Ferns; Harvest; Market; Moss; Orchidaceae; Trade

Indexed keywords

EID: 84956675599     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-7161-5_46     Document Type: Chapter

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