Age and sex-specific rates of leaf regeneration in the Mojave Desert moss Syntrichia caninervis

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-9

  Stark, Lloyd R ^a   Nichols II, Lorenzo ^a   McLetchie, D Nicholas ^b   Smith, Stanley D ^a   Zundel, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bryophyte; Desert; Leaf age; Leaf regeneration; Mojave Desert; Nevada; Sex dimorphism; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

MOSS; REGENERATION; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

MOJAVE DESERT; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; FUNGI; PTERIDOPHYTA; SYNTRICHIA; SYNTRICHIA CANINERVIS;

EID: 1642564321     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.91.1.1     Document Type: Article

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