Variation in size and shape of Sphagnum hummocks in relation to climatic conditions in Hokkaido Island, northern Japan

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 79, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1318-1326

  Yabe, K ^a   Uemura, S ^a  

^a Sapporo School of The Arts   (Japan)

Author keywords

Duration of sunshine; Evapotranspiration; Minerotrophy; Ombrotrophy; Precipitation

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); RAIN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

CLIMATIC CONDITIONS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

CLIMATE EFFECT; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; MIRE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION;

JAPAN;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; PTERIDOPHYTA; SPHAGNUM;

EID: 0035665688     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjb-79-11-1318     Document Type: Article

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