A biogeographic delineation of the European Alpine System based on a cluster analysis of Carex curvula-dominated grasslands

Flora: Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants

Volumn 207, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 168-178

  Puşcaş, Mihai ^a   Choler, Philippe ^b  

^a BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

^b UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

Alpine grasslands; Distribution patterns; Endemism; Indicator species; Phytogeography; Species richness

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; BIOGEOGRAPHICAL REGION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DATA SET; ENDEMISM; FLORISTICS; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GRASSLAND; MOUNTAIN REGION; PHYTOGEOGRAPHY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUATERNARY; SEDGE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

ALPS; BALKANS; CARPATHIANS; PYRENEES;

CAREX CURVULA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 84858297651     PISSN: 03672530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.flora.2012.01.002     Document Type: Article

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