Phenology of patch hydration, patch temperature and sexual reproductive output over a four-year period in the desert moss Crossidium crassinerve

Journal of Bryology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 231-240

  Stark, Lloyd R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Crossidium crassinerve; Desiccation; Hydration; Hydroperiod; Mosses; Sporophyte production

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRYOPHYTA; CROSSIDIUM; CROSSIDIUM CRASSINERVE;

EID: 27144503389     PISSN: 03736687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/174328205X69977     Document Type: Article

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