Open AccessBryophyte vegetation and ecology along a topographic gradient in montane tundra in Alaska
Author(s) -
Alpert Peter,
Oechel Walter C.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
ecography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.973
H-Index - 128
eISSN - 1600-0587
pISSN - 0906-7590
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0587.1982.tb01023.x
Subject(s) - bryophyte , tundra , montane ecology , vegetation (pathology) , ecology , vascular plant , geography , vegetation types , environmental science , biology , habitat , ecosystem , medicine , pathology , species richness
Analysis of bryophyte vegetation along a topographic gradient in Alaskan montane rundra reveals definite species distribution patterns. Because the bryophyte species distributions do not always correspond to boundaries between vascular vegetation zones, tundra vegetation types based mainly on vascular plants may be imperfectly suited to description of bryophyte vegetation.