VEGETATION SURVEYS IN THE CIRCUMBOREAL CONIFEROUS FORESTS: A REVIEW

Abstract: As an introduction to the special issue “Vegetation of Circumboreal Coniferous Forests”, a brief history is provided of the development and present state of floristic vegetation surveys of the boreal and mountain coniferous forests of Europe, northern Asia and North America. The focus is o...

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Main Authors: Toby Spribille, Milan Chytrý
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
Format: Text
Language:English
Subjects:
Boreal forests
Europe
Mountain forests
North America
Northern Asia
Phytosociology
Plant communities
Taiga
Vaccinio-Piceetea
taiga
Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.512.9966
http://www.sci.muni.cz/botany/chytry/FG2002a.pdf
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Summary:Abstract: As an introduction to the special issue “Vegetation of Circumboreal Coniferous Forests”, a brief history is provided of the development and present state of floristic vegetation surveys of the boreal and mountain coniferous forests of Europe, northern Asia and North America. The focus is on forests assigned to the phytosociological class Vaccinio-Piceetea and closely related vegetation types.

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