Bryophytes, lichens and phanerogams in an alvar grassland: Relationships at different scales and contributions to plant community pattern

Ecography

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 40-52

  Zamfir, Manuela ^a   Dai, Xiaobing ^a   Van Der Maarel, Eddy ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GRASSLAND; SCALE EFFECT;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; PTERIDOPHYTA;

EID: 0033035376     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.1999.tb00453.x     Document Type: Article

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