Species richness of vascular plants, bryophytes, and lichens along an altitudinal gradient in western Norway

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 241-246

  Grytnes, John Arvid ^a   Heegaard, Einar ^a   Ihlen, Per G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bryophyte; Elevation gradients; Lichen; Mountains; Species diversity; Vascular plants

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDINAL ZONATION; BRYOPHYTE; LICHEN; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; VASCULAR PLANT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 33745003896     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2005.10.007     Document Type: Article

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