Colonization of Sphagnum on land uplift islands in the Baltic Sea: Time, area, distance and life history

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1479-1491

  Sundberg, S ^a   Hansson, J ^a   Rydin, H ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bryophytes; Establishment; Island biogeography; Long distance dispersal; Mire; Niche; Rock pool; Stockholm archipelago; Succession

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ARCHIPELAGO; AUTECOLOGY; COLONIZATION; CONNECTIVITY; HABITAT SELECTION; ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY; LIFE HISTORY; MOSS; PATCH DYNAMICS; PATCH USE; SHADING; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP; SUCCESSION; UPLIFT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; STOCKHOLM [SWEDEN]; STOCKHOLM ARCHIPELAGO; SWEDEN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRYOPHYTA; SPHAGNUM; SPHAGNUM FIMBRIATUM; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 33745926203     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2006.01520.x     Document Type: Article

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