Date of Award

1-1-2012

Language

English

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

College/School/Department

Department of Biological Sciences

Content Description

1 online resource (xiv, 151 pages) : PDF file, illustrations, maps

Dissertation/Thesis Chair

George Robinson

Committee Members

Steven Rice, Jeremy Kirchman, Mary Gonder

Keywords

Alpine, Bryophytes, Dispersal, Experimental Growth, Microsatellites

Subject Categories

Biology | Botany | Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Abstract

A review of bryophyte dispersal studies over the last sixty years revealed that the role of gametophytic fragments in bryophyte population dynamics has not been adequately addressed. In this dissertation, I investigate the dispersal potential of wind blown bryophyte fragments on Adirondack alpine summits using a combination of field and laboratory methods.

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