Does lack of available suitable habitat explain the patchy distributions of rare calcicole fern species?

Ecography

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 191-196

  Wild, Matthew ^a   Gagnon, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ASPLENIUM RUTA-MURARIA; FILICOPHYTA; PELLAEA ATROPURPUREA; RUTA; RUTACEAE; WOODSIA OBTUSA;

EID: 17044419639     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0906-7590.2005.04113.x     Document Type: Article

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