Baker's law and the island syndromes in bryophytes

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1245-1255

  Patiño, Jairo ^a,b,c   Bisang, Irene ^d   Hedenäs, Lars ^d   Dirkse, Gerard ^e   Bjarnason, Ágúst H ^f   Ah Peng, Claudine ^g   Vanderpoorten, Alain ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^d SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^e Natuurmuseum Nijmegen   (Netherlands)

^f Vistfræethistofan ^*  (Iceland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Baker's law; Dispersal; Island syndrome; Life history trait; Liverwort; Mating system; Moss; Oceanic island

Indexed keywords

AUTOGAMY; BRYOPHYTE; DIASPORA; DISPERSAL; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENETIC DRIFT; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SHOOT; SPOROPHYTE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES;

EID: 84883298020     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.12136     Document Type: Article

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