Vascular plants facilitated bryophytes in a grassland experiment

Plant Ecology

Volumn 180, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 69-75

  Ingerpuu, Nele ^a   Liira, Jaan ^a   Pärtel, Meelis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Cover; Density; Ecology; Moss; Shading

Indexed keywords

BRYOPHYTE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; GRASSLAND; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; VASCULAR PLANT;

BRACHYTHECIUM; BRACHYTHECIUM RUTABULUM; BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; FESTUCA; PRUNELLA VULGARIS; RHYTIDIADELPHUS SQUARROSUS; SCHEDONORUS PRATENSIS; TRACHEOPHYTA; TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE;

EID: 26844512547     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-005-2508-0     Document Type: Article

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