Altitudinal changes in composition and structure of mountain-temperate vegetation: A case study from the Western Carpathians

Plant Ecology

Volumn 158, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 201-221

  Doležal, Jiří ^a   Šrůtek, Miroslav ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Floristic classification; Gradient analysis; Tree spatial pattern; Vegetation continuum; West Carpathians

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; PLANT COMMUNITY; SNOW COVER; SOIL PROPERTY;

SLOVAKIA;

ABIES; ABIES ALBA; ACER; ACER PSEUDOPLATANUS; BRYOPHYTA; FAGUS; FILICOPHYTA; PICEA; PICEA ABIES; PINUS MUGO;

EID: 0036078359     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015564303206     Document Type: Article

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