Use of monocharacteristic growth forms and phenological phases to describe and differentiate plant communities in Mediterranean-type ecosystems

Plant Ecology

Volumn 161, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 231-249

  Perez Latorre A V ^a   Cabezudo, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cistus shrublands; Mediterranean vegetation; Phenological indexes; Plant functional types; Quercus suber forests

Indexed keywords

ECOMORPHOLOGY; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; PHENOLOGY; PHYTOSOCIOLOGY; PLANT COMMUNITY; VEGETATION CLASSIFICATION;

EUROPE;

CISTUS; QUERCUS; QUERCUS SUBER;

EID: 0036394742     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020327522487     Document Type: Article

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