Delimitation of the alliances Caricion firmae (Seslerietalia albicantis) and Seslerion juncifoliae (Seslerietalia juncifoliae) in the southeastern Alps and Dinaric mountains |
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Authors: | Boštjan Surina Igor Dakskobler |
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Affiliation: | 1. University of Primorska , Science and Research Centre of Koper, Slovenia bostjan.surina@zrs-kp.si;3. Science and Research Centre of Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts , Institute of Biology , Regional Research Unit of Tolmin, Slovenia |
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Abstract: | Abstract A syntaxonomic and phytogeographic delimitation of the calcareous open sedge swards in the alpine belt of the Alps (Caricion firmae) and subalpine and alpine tussock grasslands in wind-exposed habitats (Seslerion juncifoliae) in the area of the south-eastern Alps and of the Dinaric mountains was performed. Analyses based on hierarchical classification, ordination and chorology clearly showed the distinction between the syntaxa: stands from the Liburnian karst (Mt Sne?nik – SW. Slovenia, Mts Risnjak and Snje?nik – NW. Croatia), Li?ka Plje?ivica and the Velebit mountains belong to the Dinaric alliance Seslerion juncifoliae, whereas stands from the Trnovski gozd plateau (W. Slovenia, north-westernmost part of the Dinaric mountains), although somewhat transitional between the two alliances, and stands from the Alps, were classified in the alliance Caricion firmae. The alliance Seslerion juncifoliae of the Dinaric mountains vicariates Caricion firmae of the Alps. |
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Keywords: | Elyno–Seslerietea Caricetum firmae syntaxonomy phytogeography phytosociology endemism Alps Balkan Peninsula |
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