Patterns of bryophyte and vascular plant richness in European subalpine springs

0381510 - BÚ 2013 RIV NL eng J - Journal Article
Sekulová, L. - Hájek, Michal - Hájková, Petra - Mikulášková, E. - Buttler, A. - Syrovátka, V. - Rozbrojová, Zuzana
Patterns of bryophyte and vascular plant richness in European subalpine springs.
Plant Ecology. Roč. 213, č. 2 (2012), s. 237-249. ISSN 1385-0237. E-ISSN 1573-5052
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z60050516
Keywords : springs * spesies richness * environmental factors
Subject RIV: EF - Botanics
Impact factor: 1.534, year: 2012
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We compared alpha-, beta- and gamma-diversity patterns of bryophytes and vascular plants of (sub)-alpine springs in three contrasting mountain ranges: Alps (Switzerland), Balkans (Bulgaria), Western Carpathians (Slovakia, Poland). Observed inter-regional differences in diversity patterns could be explained by the different proportion of limestone bedrock and different biogeographic history. The differences in α-diversity between both taxonomic groups are presumably result of the different rates of adaptation processes.
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