Microhabitat and sex distribution in Marchantia inflexa, a dioicous liverwort

Bryologist

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 345-356

  Fuselier, Linda ^a   McLetchie, D Nicholas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Habitat; Liverwort; Marchantia; Population; Sex ratio; Sexual dimorphism; Spatial segregation

Indexed keywords

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; MARCHANTIA; MARCHANTIA INFLEXA; PTERIDOPHYTA;

EID: 4243138106     PISSN: 00072745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1639/0007-2745(2004)107[0345:MASDIM]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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