Attributes of rarity among Alberta mosses: Patterns and prediction of species diversity

Bryologist

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-12

  Vitt, Dale H ^a   Belland, René J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRYALES; BRYOPHYTA; DICRANALES; FUNARIALES; HYPNALES; ORTHOTRICHALES; SPHAGNALES;

EID: 0030995779     PISSN: 00072745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1639/0007-2745(1997)100[1:aoraam]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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