High species richness in hemiboreal forests of the northern Russian Altai, southern Siberia

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 605-616

  Chytrý, Milan ^a   Ermakov, Nikolai ^b   Danihelka, Jiří ^a,c   Hájek, Michal ^a,c   Hájková, Petra ^a,c   Horsák, Michal ^a   Kočí, Martin ^a   Kubešová, Svatava ^a,d   Lustyk, Pavel ^a   Otýpková, Zdenka ^a   Pelánková, Barbora ^a   Valachovič, Milan ^e   Zelený, David ^a  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

^c INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

^d DEPARTMENT OF ENTOMOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^e INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Alpha diversity; Betula pendula; Biodiversity; Forest steppe; Herb layer; Pinus sylvestris; Vascular plants; Woodland

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; HETEROGENEITY; PH; PLANT COMMUNITY; PLEISTOCENE; SPECIES RICHNESS; STEPPE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VASCULAR PLANT; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; WOODLAND;

ALTAI MOUNTAINS; ALTAY [RUSSIAN FEDERATION]; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

BETULA PENDULA; BRYOPHYTA; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 84863530408     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: 16541103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2011.01383.x     Document Type: Article

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