New frontiers in bryology and lichenology: The role of bryophytes in carbon and nitrogen cycling

Bryologist

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 395-409

  Turetsky, Merritt R ^a,b  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; PTERIDOPHYTA;

EID: 0041784634     PISSN: 00072745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1639/05     Document Type: Review

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