Sex ratio, spatial segregation, and fertilization rates of the epiphyllous moss Crossomitrium patrisiae (Brid.) Müll.Hal. in the Brazilian Atlantic rainforest

Journal of Bryology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 88-95

  Alvarenga, Lisi Dámaris Pereira ^a   Pôrto, Kátia Cavalcanti ^a   Zartman, Charles Eugene ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bryophyte, Epiphyll, Population dynamics, Reproduction, Sexual systems, Tropical rainforest

Indexed keywords

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; CROSSOMITRIUM PATRISIAE;

EID: 84878969642     PISSN: 03736687     EISSN: 17432820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/174328213X13662092820316     Document Type: Article

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