A comparison of the physiology, anatomy and ribosomal DNA in alpine and subalpine populations of the lichen Nephroma arcticum - The effects of an eight-year transplant experiment

Bryologist

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 244-253

  Sonesson, Mats ^a,b   Sveinbjörnsson, Bjartmar ^c   Tehler, Anders ^d   Carlsson, Bengt Å ^e  

^a ABISKO SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH STATION   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

^d SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^e UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anatomy; ITS; Nephroma arcticum; Photosynthesis; Respiration; Ribosomal DNA

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BETULA PUBESCENS SUBSP. TORTUOSA; NEPHROMA ARCTICUM;

EID: 34248587161     PISSN: 00072745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1639/0007-2745(2007)110[244:ACOTPA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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