Vegetation formations and associations of the zonobiomes along the North American Pacific Coast: From northern California to Alaska

Plant Ecology

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 29-47

  Peinado, M ^a   Alcaraz, F ^b   Aguirre, J L ^a   Martinez Parras J Ma ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^c I B Luca de Tena   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bioclimatology; Biogeography; North America; Pacific coast; Phytosociology; Plant associations; Vegetation formations; Zonobiomes

Indexed keywords

BIOCLIMATOLOGY; PHYTOSOCIOLOGY; ZONOBIOME;

NORTH AMERICA, (WEST);

EID: 0030618956     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009711818203     Document Type: Article

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