Vegetation types of East Ladakh: Species and growth form composition along main environmental gradients

Applied Vegetation Science

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 132-147

  Dvorsky M ^a,b   Dolezal J ^a,b   De Bello, F ^c   Klimesova J ^a   Klimes L ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITÉ JOSEPH FOURIER   (France)

Author keywords

Alpine vegetation; Classification; Trans Himalaya; TWINSPAN

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 78651450280     PISSN: 14022001     EISSN: 1654109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-109X.2010.01103.x     Document Type: Article

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