Genetic variation in the moss Homalothecium lutescens in relation to habitat age and structure

Botany

Volumn 91, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 431-441

  Rosengren, Frida ^a   Cronberg, Nils ^a   Reitalu, Triin ^b   Prentice, Honor C ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Allozymes; Bryophytes; Calcareous grassland; Genetic variation; Landscape history

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; ALLOZYME; CALCAREOUS GRASSLAND; GENETIC VARIATION; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; LANDSCAPE HISTORY; MOSS; SHOOT; SPECIES RICHNESS;

BALTIC REGION;

EID: 84879808311     PISSN: 19162804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjb-2012-0258     Document Type: Article

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