Biased vegetation patterns and detection of vegetation changes using phytosociological databases. A case study in the forests of the Babia Góra National Park (the West Carpathians, Poland)

Phytocoenologia

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-18

  Holeksa, Jan ^a   Woźniak, Gabriela ^b  

^a W SZAFER INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

Author keywords

Phytosociology; Sampling method; Vegetation change; West Carpathians

Indexed keywords

MONTANE FOREST; PHYTOSOCIOLOGY; PLANT COMMUNITY; SAMPLING; VEGETATION CLASSIFICATION;

CARPATHIANS; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN CARPATHIANS;

ABIES; ABIES ALBA; ACER; ACER PSEUDOPLATANUS; FAGUS; PICEA ABIES;

EID: 33646105161     PISSN: 0340269X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0340-269X/2005/0035-0001     Document Type: Article

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