Gametophyte fragment growth of three common desert mosses on artificial and natural substrates

Bryologist

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 166-172

  Jones, Paul Robin ^a   Rosentreter, Roger ^b  

^a Land Quality Division   (United States)

^b US Department of the Interior Bureau Land Management Idaho   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological soil crust; Bryum argenteum; Ceratodon purpureus; Desert; Idaho; Restoration; Sagebrush steppe; Syntrichia ruralis

Indexed keywords

ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA; BRYOPHYTA; BRYUM; BRYUM ARGENTEUM; CERATODON; CERATODON PURPUREUS; SYNTRICHIA; SYNTRICHIA RURALIS;

EID: 33646728276     PISSN: 00072745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1639/0007-2745(2006)109[166:GFGOTC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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