Stress tolerance of rare and common moss species in relation to their occupied environments and asexual dispersal potential

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 785-795

  Cleavitt, Natalie L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

Author keywords

Bryum; Desiccation; Didymodon; Gametophyte fragment; Mnium

Indexed keywords

ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; MOISTURE; MOSS; RARITY; STRESS RESISTANCE;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; BRYUM; BRYUM PSEUDOTRIQUETRUM; CONIFEROPHYTA; DIDYMODON; MIELICHHOFERIA; MIELICHHOFERIA MACROCARPA; MNIUM; MNIUM SPINULOSUM; PTERIDOPHYTA;

EID: 0036794181     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.2002.00713.x     Document Type: Article

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