Understanding properly the ̀potential natural vegetation' concept

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2209-2211

  Loidi, Javier ^a   del Arco, Marcelino ^b   Pérez de Paz, Pedro Luis ^b   Asensi, Alfredo ^c   Díez Garretas, Blanca ^c   Costa, Manuel ^d   Díaz González, Tomás ^e   Fernández González, Federico ^f   Izco, Jesús ^g   Penas, Angel ^h   Rivas Martínez, Salvador ⁱ   Sánchez Mata, Daniel ^j  

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

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^h UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

ⁱ Phytosociological Research Center (CIF)   (Spain)

^j UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

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Author keywords

Habitats Directive; Human impact; Phytosociology; Potential natural vegetation; Primitive vegetation; Spain; Succession; Vegetation dynamics; Vegetation mapping; Vegetation series

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958177236     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2010.02302.x     Document Type: Letter

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