Post-fire bryophyte establishment in a continental bog

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 647-652

  Benscoter, Brian W ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Colonization; Diaspore; Facilitation; Polytrichum; Sphagnum

Indexed keywords

BRYOPHYTE; COLONIZATION; DIASPORE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FIRE; LIFE HISTORY; PEATLAND;

ALBERTA; CANADA; CROW LAKE; NORTH AMERICA;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; POLYTRICHUM; POLYTRICHUM STRICTUM; SPHAGNUM; SPHAGNUM ANGUSTIFOLIUM;

EID: 33845236351     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1658/1100-9233(2006)17[647:PBEIAC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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