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| The ecological geography of cloud forest in Panama. American Museum novitates ; no. 2396 |
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| Title: | The ecological geography of cloud forest in Panama. American Museum novitates ; no. 2396 |
| Authors: | Myers, Charles W. |
| Issue Date: | 1969 |
| Publisher: | New York, N.Y. : American Museum of Natural History |
| Series/Report no.: | American Museum novitates ; no. 2396 |
| Abstract: | "The physiography, climate, and major vegetational regions of Panama are discussed, with particular reference to factors that influence the distribution and nature of cloud forest. Difficulties were encountered in applying the Holdridge classification of life zones or world plant formations to the natural regions of Panama, and it is concluded that other systems are at least easier to use in the field. The extensive cuipo forests (Cavanillesia plantanifolia association) of eastern Panama are thought to be largely the result of edaphic factors associated with the nearly base-level terrain, rather than being primarily the result of climatic control as suggested in recent life zone maps. Cloud forest is thought of as a habitat or community-type in a very broad sense, but the term will not be useful for all purposes and usually needs to be qualified. A cloud forest is any montane forest that owes its character primarily to the atmospheric conditions associated with frequent, enshrouding cl... |
| Description: | 52 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 50-52). |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2246/2606 |
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