Diversity and composition of herbaceous angiosperms along gradients of elevation and forest-use intensity.

Terrestrial herbs are important elements of tropical forests; however, there is a lack of research on their diversity patterns and how they respond to different intensities of forest-use. The aim of this study was to analyze the diversity of herbaceous angiosperms along gradients of elevation (50 m...

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Main Authors: Jorge Antonio Gómez-Díaz, Thorsten Krömer, Holger Kreft, Gerhard Gerold, César Isidro Carvajal-Hernández, Felix Heitkamp
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5549743?pdf=render