Seasonal dynamics of biomass increase and shoot elongation in five co-occurring boreal forest bryophytes

Journal of Bryology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 5-15

  Hanslin, Hans M ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Boreal forest; Dicranum majus; Ectohydric bryophytes; Hylocomium splendens; Plagiochila asplenioides; Ptilium crista castrensis; Relative growth rate; Rhytidiadelphus loreus; Seasonal variation; Shoot density

Indexed keywords

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; DICRANUM MAJUS; HYLOCOMIUM SPLENDENS; PICEA; PLAGIOCHILA ASPLENIOIDES; PTILIUM CRISTA-CASTRENSIS; RHYTIDIADELPHUS LOREUS;

EID: 0002044719     PISSN: 03736687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/jbr.1999.21.1.5     Document Type: Article

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