Climatic classification and ordination of the Spanish Sistema Central: Relationships with potential vegetation

Plant Ecology

Volumn 139, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-11

  Gavilán, Rosario G ^a   Fernández González, Federico ^a   Blasi, Carlo ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Climate; Cluster analysis; Potential vegetation; Precipitation; Principal component analysis; Spain; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ORDINATION; PLANT COMMUNITY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGIONAL CLIMATE; TEMPERATURE;

SPAIN;

PINUS; QUERCUS PYRENAICA; QUERCUS ROTUNDIFOLIA;

EID: 0031723793     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009794219141     Document Type: Article

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