Effects of intermittent desiccation on nutrient economy and growth of two ecologically contrasted mosses

Annals of Botany

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 299-309

  Bates, J W ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brachythecium rutabulum; desiccation; mineral nutrition; plant life strategies; Pseudoscleropodium purum; solute leakage

Indexed keywords

DESICCATION; GROWTH; HYDRATION; MOSS; NUTRIENT UPTAKE;

BRACHYTHECIUM RUTABULUM; PSEUDOSCLEROPODIUM PURUM;

EID: 0030617002     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbo.1996.0335     Document Type: Article

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