Transient assemblage dynamics of terrestrial bryophytes in a subalpine forest

Bryologist

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 18-25

  Bradfield, Gary E ^a   Sadler, Kella D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

British Columbia; Bryophytes; Canada; Community assembly; Disturbance; Scale; Subalpine forest

Indexed keywords

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES;

EID: 33644861284     PISSN: 00072745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1639/0007-2745(2006)109[0018:TADOTB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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