Bryophyte community structure in a boreal poor fen: Reciprocal transplants

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 404-411

  Mulligan, R C ^a   Gignac, L D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Community structure; Moss; Niche; Peatland; Pleurozium schreberi; Sphagnum

Indexed keywords

CANADA; COEXISTENCE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FLORA; HABITAT; PEATLAND; PLANT ANATOMY AND MORPHOLOGY; PLANT ECOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; VEGETATIVE GROWTH;

PLANTS (BOTANY); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WATER;

BRYOPHYTES;

ECOLOGY;

BRYOPHYTE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEN; NICHE PARTITIONING;

CANADA;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; PLEUROZIUM SCHREBERI; PTERIDOPHYTA; SPHAGNUM; SPHAGNUM ANGUSTIFOLIUM; SPHAGNUM FUSCUM; SPHAGNUM MAGELLANICUM;

EID: 0034872970     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjb-79-4-404     Document Type: Article

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