Shifts in ecological behaviour of herbaceous forest species along a transect from northern Central to North Europe

Folia Geobotanica

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 127-141

  Diekmann, Martin ^a,b   Lawesson, Jonas E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÄVLE   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Natl Environ Research Institute   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Competitive release; Detrended correspondence analysis; Ecological amplitude; Realized niche

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; PH; RELATEDNESS; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL NUTRIENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

DENMARK; GERMANY; LOWER SAXONY; NIEDERSACHSEN; SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN; SWEDEN;

ELATIOR; MELICA NUTANS; MELICA UNIFLORA; PRIMULA ELATIOR; PRIMULA VERIS; PRIMULACEAE; VERONICA CHAMAEDRYS; VERONICA MONTANA; VIOLA REICHENBACHIANA; VIOLA RIVINIANA; VIOLACEAE;

EID: 0032708087     PISSN: 12119520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02803080     Document Type: Article

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