Population biology of the clonal moss Hylocomium splendens in Norwegian boreal spruce forests. 5. Vertical dynamics of individual shoot segments

Oikos

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 449-469

  Økland, Rune Halvorsen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMENSALISM; BOREAL FOREST; CLONAL GROWTH; MOSS; POPULATION ECOLOGY; VERTICAL PROFILE;

NORWAY;

HYLOCOMIUM SPLENDENS;

EID: 0034058671     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0706.2000.880301.x     Document Type: Article

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