Characteristics of the seedling flora in alpine vegetation, subarctic Finland, II. Floristic similarity between seedling flora and mature vegetation

Annales Botanici Fennici

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 133-147

  Welling, Pirjo ^a   Laine, Kari ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Alpine vegetation; DCA; Floristic similarity; Regenerative groups; Seedling flora; Severe disturbances; Subarctic

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033921771     PISSN: 00033847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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