Microtopographic control of vascular plant, bryophyte and lichen communities on cliff faces

Plant Ecology

Volumn 185, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 239-253

  Kuntz, Kathryn Lynne ^a   Larson, Douglas W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canonical Correspondence Analysis; Cliff vegetation; Microsite; Rock face; Scale; Spatial heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BRYOPHYTE; CLIFF; LICHEN; MICROTOPOGRAPHY; SPECIES RICHNESS; VASCULAR PLANT;

CANADA; NIAGARA ESCARPMENT; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 33745900262     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-006-9101-z     Document Type: Article

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