Phytosociological survey of remnant Alnus glutinosa ssp. barbata communities in the lowland Caspian forests of northern Iran

Phytocoenologia

Volumn 38, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 117-132

  Hamzeh'ee, Behnam ^a   Naqinezhad, Alireza ^b   Attar, Farideh ^b   Ghahreman, Ahmad ^b   Assadi, Mostafa ^a   Prieditis, Normunds ^c  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FORESTS AND RANGELANDS   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^c Gandrs Publishers   (Latvia)

Author keywords

Alderwoods; Community classification; Hyrcanian forests; Iran; Smilaco excelsae Alnion barbatae

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; FOREST DYNAMICS; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; PHYTOSOCIOLOGY; VEGETATION CLASSIFICATION;

ASIA; CASPIAN COAST [IRAN]; EURASIA; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST;

ALNUS; ALNUS GLUTINOSA; CARICI;

EID: 52049114700     PISSN: 0340269X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0340-269X/2008/0038-0117     Document Type: Article

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