Population biology of the clonal moss Hylocomium splendens in Norwegian boreal spruce forests. II. Effects of density

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 63-69

  Økland, Rune Halvorsen ^a   Økland, Tonje ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Bryophyte; Density; Positive density dependence; Regeneration; Size dependence

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; CLONAL PLANT; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; MOSS; SPRUCE FOREST;

NORWAY;

HYLOCOMIUM SPLENDENS;

EID: 0029669040     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2261700     Document Type: Article

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