Growth, net production and population structure of Polytrichastrum sexangulare (Brid.) G. L. Smith at the Gavia Pass (Rhaetian Alps);Crescita, produzione primaria e struttura di popolazione di Polytrichastrum sexangulare (Brid.) G. L. Smith al Passo di Gavia (Alpi Retiche)

Italian Botanist

Volumn 38, Issue , 2006, Pages 149-154

  Petraglia, Alessandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alps; Bryophytes; Polytrichastrum sexangulare; Population density; Population structure; Snowbeds

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865348778     PISSN: None     EISSN: 25314033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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