Knowledge gaps in bryophyte distribution and prediction of species-richness

Journal of Bryology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 147-158

  Callaghan, Des A ^a,b   Ashton, Paul A ^a  

^a EDGE HILL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diversity; Liverworts; Modelling; Mosses; Quasi Poisson regression; Survey priorities

Indexed keywords

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; MARCHANTIOPHYTA;

EID: 47249157289     PISSN: 03736687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/174328208X282445     Document Type: Article

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