Diversity of wetland vegetation in the Bulgarian high mountains, main gradients and context-dependence of the pH role

Plant Ecology

Volumn 184, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 111-130

  Hájková, Petra ^a,b   Hájek, Michal ^a,b   Apostolova, Iva ^c  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF BIODIVERSITY AND ECOSYSTEM RESEARCH   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Altitude; Balkan Peninsula; Fen; Floristic elements; Ordination; Plant communities; Subalpine spring; Water conductivity

Indexed keywords

DIVERSITY INDEX; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; FEN; ORDINATION; PH; PHYTOSOCIOLOGY; PLANT COMMUNITY; SUBALPINE ENVIRONMENT; TREELINE; VEGETATION TYPE; WATER AVAILABILITY; WETLAND;

BALKANS; BULGARIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33745039192     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-005-9056-5     Document Type: Article

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