Is 'life-form' a useful concept in bryophyte ecology?

Oikos

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 223-237

  Bates, J W ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRYOPHYTE; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; LIFE-FORM;

BRACHYTHECIUM RUTABULUM; BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; DENDROIDEA; EMBRYOPHYTA; PTERIDOPHYTA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 0031845750     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546962     Document Type: Short Survey

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