Ecological characteristics of plant species and associations along two Dinaric karstic rivers (Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Balkans)

Biologia (Poland)

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 40-52

  Lasić, Andelka ^a   Jasprica, Nenad ^b   Morović, Mira ^c   Kapetanović, Tatjana ^d   Carić, Marina ^b   Drešković, Nusret ^e   Glavić, Nikša ^b   Mitić, Božena ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MOSTAR   (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUBROVNIK   (Croatia)

^c INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY AND FISHERIES   (Croatia)

^d Environmental Fund of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina ^*  (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SARAJEVO   (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

associations; canonical correspondence analyis (CCA); karstic rivers; macropyhtes; physico chemical parameters; the Balkans

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887570452     PISSN: 00063088     EISSN: 13369563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11756-013-0282-3     Document Type: Article

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