Variations in species composition of moorland plant communities along environmental gradients within a subalpine zone in northern japan

Wetlands

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 269-277

  Sasaki, Takehiro ^a,b   Katabuchi, Masatoshi ^a   Kamiyama, Chiho ^a   Shimazaki, Masaya ^a   Nakashizuka, Tohru ^a   Hikosaka, Kouki ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alpine plants; Biodiversity conservation; Classification; Indicator species

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; MOORLAND; PH; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUBALPINE ENVIRONMENT; VEGETATION; VEGETATION CLASSIFICATION;

JAPAN;

CAREX THUNBERGII; HOSTA; HOSTA SIEBOLDII; MOLINIOPSIS JAPONICA; SCHIZOCODON SOLDANELLOIDES; SIEVERSIA PENTAPETALA; VACCINIUM; VACCINIUM OXYCOCCOS;

EID: 84902533717     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: 19436246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13157-013-0380-6     Document Type: Article

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