Predictors of moss and liverwort species diversity of microsites in conifer-dominated boreal forest

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 189-198

  Mills, Suzanne E ^a,b   Macdonald, S Ellen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aspen; Bryophyte; Canada; Cryptogam; Microenvironment; Microsite; Mixed wood; Populus tremula; Populus tremuloides; Richness; Substrate

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; LIVERWORT; MICROHABITAT; MOSS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUBSTRATE;

ALBERTA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; CONIFEROPHYTA; POPULUS; POPULUS TREMULA; POPULUS TREMULOIDES; PTERIDOPHYTA;

EID: 2342531100     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2004.tb02254.x     Document Type: Article

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