Phenotypic variation in the Sphagnum recurvum complex: A cultivation experiment

Journal of Bryology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 731-750

  StenØien, Hans ^a   Bakken, Solveig ^a   Flatberg, Kjell Ivar ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Environmental gradients; Morphology; Peat mosses; Phenoplasticity

Indexed keywords

BRYOPHYTA; FALLAX; SPHAGNUM ANGUSTIFOLIUM; SPHAGNUM FALLAX; SPHAGNUM ISOVIITAE; SPHAGNUM RECURVUM;

EID: 0347704334     PISSN: 03736687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/jbr.1997.19.4.731     Document Type: Article

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