Functional significance of variation in bryophyte canopy structure

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 88, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1568-1576

  Rice, Steven K ^a   Collins, David ^a   Anderson, Ann M ^a  

^a UNION COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary layer; Bryophyte; Evaporation; Fractal dimension; Growth form; Particle image velocimetry (PIV); Surface roughness

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000630961     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3558400     Document Type: Article

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