Can artificial introductions of diaspore fragments work as a conservation tool for maintaining populations of the rare peatmoss Sphagnum angermanicum?

Biological Conservation

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 450-458

  Gunnarsson, Urban ^a   Söderström, Lars ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Conservation strategy; Dispersal limitation; Disturbance; Establishment; Sphagnum dominated wetlands; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

BRYOPHYTE; DIASPORE; DISPERSAL; DISTURBANCE; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; MOSS; PROPAGULE; RARE SPECIES; RARITY; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TRANSPLANTATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; SPHAGNUM; SPHAGNUM ANGERMANICUM;

EID: 33846056144     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2006.10.014     Document Type: Article

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