Life history, diversity and distribution: A study of Japanese pteridophytes

Ecography

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 129-138

  Guo, Qinfeng ^a   Kato, Masahiro ^b   Ricklefs, Robert E ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; LIFE HISTORY; LIMITING FACTOR; PTERIDOPHYTE; REPRODUCTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

JAPAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; FILICOPHYTA; PTERIDOPHYTA;

EID: 0038183825     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0587.2003.03379.x     Document Type: Article

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