Distribution of plant communities, ecological strategy types and diversity along a moisture gradient

Community Ecology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-9

  Zelnik, I ^a   Carni A ^a  

^a ANTON MELIK GEOGRAPHICAL INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Marsh; Plant functional types; Vegetation; Wet meadow

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; GRASSLAND; HERB; MOISTURE CONTENT; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WETLAND; ZONATION;

EID: 49249127643     PISSN: 15858553     EISSN: 15882756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/ComEc.9.2008.1.1     Document Type: Article

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