Soft-water vegetation (Littorellion) in Spanish mountains
This paper presents a systematic review of Spanish high mountain soft water communities based on 46 phytosociological releves. Using a numerical analysis with ordination (correspondence analysis - CA) and classification (Jaccard index and complete-linkage clustering) three groups corresponding to the phytosociological associations Isoeto lacustris-Sparganietum borderei, Sparganio angustifolii-Isoetetum echinospori and Sparganio angustifolii-Callitrichetum font-queri have been defined. Spanish Littorellion communities are characterized by boreal-alpine and endemic elements. The boreal-alpine elements probably spread via the Pyrenees-Iberian System through to the mountains of the western peninsula during a cold period, thus sharing the habitat with the Ibero-Atlantic flora which was able to adapt to the changing climatic conditions.
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| Format: | journal article biblioteca |
| Language: | English |
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Springer
1999
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| Subjects: | Aquatic vegetation, Classification, High mountains, Littorelletea, Ordination, Phytosociology, |
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12792/2922 http://hdl.handle.net/10261/294193 |
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