Plant species numbers predicted by a topography-based groundwater flow index

Ecosystems

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 430-441

  Zinko, Ursula ^a   Seibert, Jan ^b,c   Dynesius, Mats ^a   Nilsson, Christer ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Boreal forest; Nestedness; Scale dependence; Slope; Species richness; Vascular plants; Wetness index

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; ECOHYDROLOGY; GROUNDWATER FLOW; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TOPOGRAPHY;

TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 23844497800     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-003-0125-0     Document Type: Article

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