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Vegetation types of East Ladakh: species and growth form composition along main environmental gradients
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SYSNO ASEP 0364932 Document Type J - Journal Article R&D Document Type Journal Article Subsidiary J Článek ve WOS Title Vegetation types of East Ladakh: species and growth form composition along main environmental gradients Author(s) Dvorský, Miroslav (BU-J) ORCID, RID
Doležal, Jiří (BU-J) RID, ORCID
de Bello, Francesco (BU-J) RID, ORCID
Klimešová, Jitka (BU-J) RID, ORCID
Klimeš, Leoš (BU-J)Number of authors 5 Source Title Applied vegetation science. - : Wiley - ISSN 1402-2001
Roč. 14, č. 1 (2011), 132-147Number of pages 16 s. Language eng - English Country NL - Netherlands Keywords alpine vegetation ; Classification ; Trans-Himalaya Subject RIV EF - Botanics R&D Projects IAA600050802 GA AV ČR - Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (AV ČR) CEZ AV0Z60050516 - BU-J (2005-2011) UT WOS 000286207100013 DOI 10.1111/j.1654-109X.2010.01103.x Annotation The vegetation of high mountain regions in Himalaya remains poorly assessed despite the expected vulnerability of these ecosystems to global change drivers. What are the main vegetation types in East Ladakh and which environmental factors influence the species composition and growth forms distribution? TWINSPAN clusters discriminated eight ecologically interpretable vegetation types, corresponding to the main habitats in the area: animal resting places, salt marshes, semi-deserts and steppes, shrublands, alpine screes and boulder fields, alpine grasslands, water bodies and subnival zone. The most important environmental factors influencing the species composition were altitude, soil moisture and salinity. Screes and alpine grasslands were found to be the most species-rich. The species were ranged into 20 growth forms with regard to life-form and clonality, with growth forms showing different changes in proportion among vegetation types and along the different environmental gradients. Workplace Institute of Botany Contact Martina Bartošová, martina.bartosova@ibot.cas.cz, ibot@ibot.cas.cz, Tel.: 271 015 242 ; Marie Jakšová, marie.jaksova@ibot.cas.cz, Tel.: 384 721 156-8 Year of Publishing 2012
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