Species-environment relationships of mosses in New Zealand indigenous forest and shrubland ecosystems

Plant Ecology

Volumn 212, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 353-367

  Michel, P ^a   Overton, J McC ^b   Mason, N W H ^b   Hurst, J M ^c   Lee, W G ^a  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Environmental factors; Generalised Regression Analysis and Spatial Prediction; National scale vegetation survey; Spatial distribution; Terricolous bryophytes

Indexed keywords

BRYOPHYTE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MOSS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SHRUBLAND; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; VASCULAR PLANT; VEGETATION COVER;

NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; SOUTHLAND; STEWART ISLAND;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 79952040874     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-010-9827-5     Document Type: Article

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