Biogeography and ecology of the upper montane rain forest of Sri Lanka (Ceylon)
Tropical evergreen rain forest forms the natural vegetation of the mountains of Sri Lanka. Lower montane rain forest covers the slopes between 900 and 1,500 m asl. The 1,500-m line is a sharp boundary between lower and upper montane rain forest, as it is the lower limit of a frequent and dense cloud...
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| Format: | Article (Journal) Chapter/Article |
| Language: | English |
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1995
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Tropical montane cloud forests
Year: 1995, Pages: 343-352 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/978-1-4612-2500-3_25 |
| Online Access: | Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-2500-3_25 Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-4612-2500-3_25 |
| Author Notes: | Wolfgang L. Werner |
| Summary: | Tropical evergreen rain forest forms the natural vegetation of the mountains of Sri Lanka. Lower montane rain forest covers the slopes between 900 and 1,500 m asl. The 1,500-m line is a sharp boundary between lower and upper montane rain forest, as it is the lower limit of a frequent and dense cloud cover. |
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| Item Description: | Gesehen am 29.06.2021 |
| Physical Description: | Online Resource |
| ISBN: | 9781461225003 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/978-1-4612-2500-3_25 |