Fine-scale pattern of the boundary zones in alkaline grassland communities

Community Ecology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 235-246

  Zalatnai, M ^a   Kormoczi L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Dissimilarity; Ecocline; Ecotone; Gradient; Moving split window

Indexed keywords

ECOTONE; GRASSLAND; SPLIT WINDOW; TRANSECT; TRANSITION ZONE;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; HUNGARY; WORLD;

FESTUCETUM; FESTUCETUM PSEUDOVINAE;

EID: 10944231160     PISSN: 15858553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/ComEc.5.2004.2.11     Document Type: Article

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