Responses of dune mosses to experimental burial by sand under natural and greenhouse conditions

Plant Ecology

Volumn 145, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 209-219

  Martínez, M Luisa ^a,b   Maun, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Bryophytes; Burial tolerance; Emergence; Sand dunes; Tolerance index

Indexed keywords

DUNE; MOSS; SAND; TOLERANCE;

BRACHYTHECIUM; CERATODON PURPUREUS; DICRANUM FLAGELLARE; DICRANUM SCOPARIUM; DITRICHUM FLEXICAULE; PLAGIOMNIUM CUSPIDATUM; PLAGIOTHECIUM LAETUM;

EID: 0343415586     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009850304137     Document Type: Article

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