The calcareous riddle: Why are there so many calciphilous species in the Central European flora?

Folia Geobotanica

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 357-366

  Ewald, Jörg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES WEIHENSTEPHAN TRIESDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Indicator plants; Soil activity; Species pool; Species richness

Indexed keywords

CALCAREOUS SOIL; FLORA; SPECIES RICHNESS; VASCULAR PLANT;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 0347911975     PISSN: 12119520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02803244     Document Type: Article

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