Subalpine-nival gradient of species richness for vascular plants, bryophytes and lichens in the Swiss Inner Alps;Gradient subalpin-nival de la richesse spécifique des plantes vasculaires, bryophytes et lichens dans les Alpes internes en Suisse

Botanica Helvetica

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 139-149

  Vittoz, Pascal ^a,b   Camenisch, Martin ^c   Mayor, Romain ^d   Miserere, Luca ^e   Vust, Mathias ^e   Theurillat, Jean Paul ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c Camenisch and Zahner   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^e University of Geneva ^*  (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Altitude; Aspect; Diversity; Elevation range; Life forms; Switzerland

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ASPECT; BRYOPHYTE; DOMINANCE; ELEVATION; HUMIDITY; LICHEN; MICROHABITAT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUBALPINE ENVIRONMENT; TAXONOMY; VASCULAR PLANT;

ALPS; SWITZERLAND;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 78349306167     PISSN: 02531453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00035-010-0079-8     Document Type: Article

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