Floristic characteristics of the wetland sites on dry southern slopes of the Alborz Mts., N. Iran: The role of altitude in floristic composition

Flora: Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants

Volumn 204, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 254-269

  Naqinezhad, Alireza ^a,b,c   Jalili, Adel ^d   Attar, Farideh ^a   Ghahreman, Ahmad ^a   Wheeler, Bryan D ^c   Hodgson, John G ^c   Shaw, Susan C ^c   Maassoumi, Aliasghar ^d  

^a University College of Science   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAZANDARAN   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FORESTS AND RANGELANDS   (Iran)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Iran; Life form; Mountain wetlands; Ordination; Phytogeographic elements

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; BIODIVERSITY; CANONICAL ANALYSIS; CLIMATE VARIATION; CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FLORISTICS; MOUNTAIN; PH; PHYTOGEOGRAPHY; PHYTOSOCIOLOGY; SALINITY; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STEPPE; VEGETATION CLASSIFICATION; WETLAND;

ASIA; ELBURZ; EURASIA; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 64449088176     PISSN: 03672530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.flora.2008.02.004     Document Type: Article

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