PHYTOSOCIOLOGICAL, BIOCLIMATIC AND BIOGEOGRAPHICAL CLASSIFICATION OF WOODY CLIMAX COMMUNITIES OF WESTERN NORTH-AMERICA

Authors
PEINADO M AGUIRRE JL DELGADILLO J
Citation
M. Peinado et al., PHYTOSOCIOLOGICAL, BIOCLIMATIC AND BIOGEOGRAPHICAL CLASSIFICATION OF WOODY CLIMAX COMMUNITIES OF WESTERN NORTH-AMERICA, Journal of vegetation science, 8(4), 1997, pp. 505-528
Citations number
81
Categorie Soggetti
Plant Sciences",Ecology,Forestry
Journal title
Journal of vegetation science → ACNP
ISSN journal
11009233
Volume
8
Issue
4
Year of publication
1997
Pages
505 - 528
Database
ISI
SICI code
1100-9233(1997)8:4<505:PBABCO>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
In this study, combining the Braun-Blanquet phytosociological approach with numerical methods (cluster analysis and principal coordinate ord ination), woody climax associations of western North America are descr ibed, ranging from NW Baja California (Mexico) to Alaska (USA), and in cluding some interior zones of Idaho and Montana (USA), Alberta, Briti sh Columbia and the Yukon Territory (Canada). 95 floristic association s are identified, and each is characterized by floristic combination, biogeographical range, and bioclimatic conditions.