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Comments on the Geography of Liverworts in the Kuril Islands with a List of Additions to the Liverwort Flora of Kunashir and Iturup of the Southern Kurils
| Title: | Comments on the Geography of Liverworts in the Kuril Islands with a List of Additions to the Liverwort Flora of Kunashir and Iturup of the Southern Kurils |
| Authors: | Bakalin, Vadim Browse this author |
| Keywords: | liverworts | | geography of bryophytes | | Kuril Islands |
| Issue Date: | Mar-2009 |
| Publisher: | 北海道大学総合博物館 |
| Journal Title: | 北海道大学総合博物館研究報告 |
| Journal Title(alt): | Bulletin of the Hokkaido University Museum |
| Volume: | 5 |
| Start Page: | 49 |
| End Page: | 61 |
| Abstract: | A gradual shift in liverwort flora from Subarctic to South Temperate elements occurrs across the entire reach of the Kuril Island Chain. The study of different groups of organisms, including liverworts, reveals this pattern. Thirty-two hepatic species found on the Kuril Islands show the southern limit of their distribution; most of these species belong to arctic, arctic-boreal and, less often, boreal floristic elements. The Kuril Islands represent a northern distribution boundary for 50 taxa that belong to southern temperate or even subtropic floristic elements. Liverwort flora at the northern and southern extremes of the Kuril Island Chain are qualitatively different as demonstrated by their affiliation with different floristic provinces. |
| Description: | Biodiversity and Biogeography of the Kuril Islands and Sakhalin vol.3 |
| Type: | bulletin (article) |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2115/47862 |
| Appears in Collections: | 北海道大学総合博物館研究報告 = Bulletin of the Hokkaido University Museum > 第5号 (Biodiversity and Biogeography of the Kuril Islands and Sakhalin volume 3.)
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