Is chorological symmetry observable within the forest steppe biome in Hungary? - A demonstrative analysis of floristic data

Community Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 140-147

  Fekete, G ^a   Somodi, I ^a,b   Molnár, Zs ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Distribution maps; Duna Tisza k ze; Generalized Linear Model; Quantitative plant geography; Species occurrence; Steppe biome

Indexed keywords

BIOME; CHRONOLOGY; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; FLORISTICS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; LAND USE PLANNING; MOUNTAIN REGION; REFUGIUM; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; STEPPE;

CARPATHIAN BASIN; HUNGARY;

EID: 79951616203     PISSN: 15858553     EISSN: 15882756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/ComEc.11.2010.2.2     Document Type: Article

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