Spatial distribution patterns of Rhynchostegium megapolitanum at the landscape scale - An expanding species?

Applied Vegetation Science

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 111-120

  Zechmeister, Harald G ^a   Moser, Dietmar ^a   Milasowszky, Norbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Austria; Bryophyte; Dry grassland; Expansion model; Invasion

Indexed keywords

BRACHYTHECIUM RUTABULUM; BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; DIDYMODON ACUTUS; PLEUROCHAETE SQUARROSA; RHYNCHOSTEGIUM;

EID: 34548491408     PISSN: 14022001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1658/1402-2001(2007)10[111:SDPORM]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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