Relationships of geothermal bryophyte communities to soil characteristics at Thermal Meadow, Hotsprings Island, Queen Charlotte Islands, Canada

Journal of Bryology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 435-448

  Glime, Janice M ^a   Hong, Won Shic ^b  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Great Falls ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Geothermal vents; Humidity relations; Niche overlap; Niche width; pH; Temperature

Indexed keywords

AULACOMNIUM PALUSTRE; BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; CILIOPHORA; CLADONIA; DICRANUM SCOPARIUM; PLEUROZIUM SCHREBERI; POLYTRICHUM FORMOSUM; RACOMITRIUM LANUGINOSUM;

EID: 0012177027     PISSN: 03736687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/jbr.1997.19.3.435     Document Type: Article

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