Comparative ecology of a lowland and a subalpine species of Mnium in the northern Rocky Mountains

Plant Ecology

Volumn 174, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 205-216

  Cleavitt, Natalie ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Altitudinal limit; Establishment; M. arizonicum; M. spinulosum; Transplant

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; BRYOPHYTE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FACILITATION; PLASTICITY;

ALBERTA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; EMBRYOPHYTA; HYLOCOMIUM; HYLOCOMIUM SPLENDENS; MNIUM; MNIUM ARIZONICUM; MNIUM SPINULOSUM;

EID: 24644439768     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:VEGE.0000049099.11785.ba     Document Type: Article

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