Plant species distribution across two contrasting treeline ecotones in the Spanish Pyrenees

Plant Ecology

Volumn 162, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 247-257

  Camarero, J J ^a   Gutierrez E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Diversity; Pinus uncinata; Spatial pattern; Timberline; Understory

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOTONE; GROWTH FORM; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TREELINE; UNDERSTORY;

SPAIN;

PINUS UNCINATA; RHODODENDRON; RHODODENDRON FERRUGINEUM;

EID: 0036035788     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020367918521     Document Type: Article

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