Gemma output in the liverwort Lophozia ventricosa (Dicks.) Dumort: Spatial variation, density dependence, and relationships among production components

Journal of Bryology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 173-179

  Algar Hedderson, Natalie ^a   Söderström, Lars ^b   Hedderson, Terry A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Asexual reproduction; Gemma output; Hepatic; Log normal distribution; Lophozia ventricosa; Structural equations models

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883262358     PISSN: 03736687     EISSN: 17432820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/1743282013Y.0000000054     Document Type: Article

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