Global gradients in moss and vascular plant diversity

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 22, Issue 6-7, 2013, Pages 1537-1551

  Möls, Tõnu ^a   Vellak, Kai ^b   Vellak, Ain ^c   Ingerpuu, Nele ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^c Estonian Research Council   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Climatic zones; Environmental factors; Mosses; Species richness; Vascular plants

Indexed keywords

CLIMATIC REGION; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; MOSS; NATURE CONSERVATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SOFTWARE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; VASCULAR PLANT;

BRYOPHYTA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 84878644707     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-013-0492-6     Document Type: Article

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