Publication details
The Balkan wet grassland vegetation: a prerequisite to better understanding of European habitat diversity
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| Year of publication | 2008 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Plant Ecology |
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| Field | Ecology |
| Keywords | Altitude; Climate; Compositional data analysis; Molinietalia; Wet meadows; Wetlands |
| Description | We gathered original data from Bulgaria and analysed them together with the data from Central Europe. Four distinct vegetation types were differentiated. Even if they correspond with traditional alliances, which are primarily drawn as geographically defined units in Western and Central Europe, they all occur in Bulgaria. Altitude is a dominant gradient controlling variation in Balkan wet grasslands. The second DCA axis was interpreted as the gradient of nutrient availability. Species richness shows skewed-unimodal trends along both major gradients. |
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