A biogeographical analysis of the European Atlantic lowland heathlands

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 832-842

  Loidi, Javier ^a   Biurrun, Idoia ^a   Campos, Juan Antonio ^a   García Mijangos, Itziar ^a   Herrera, Mercedes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Climatic variables; Detrended correspondence analysis; Lowland heathlands; Phytosociological data; Vegetation biogeography

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; DROUGHT; FLORISTICS; HEATHLAND; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; PHYTOGEOGRAPHY; PHYTOSOCIOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; RANGE EXPANSION; REFUGE; TAXONOMY; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

EUROPE; MOROCCO;

EID: 77956318697     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: 16541103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2010.01204.x     Document Type: Article

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