Patterns of bryophyte and vascular plant richness in European subalpine springs

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Authors	SEKULOVÁ Lucia HÁJEK Michal HÁJKOVÁ Petra MIKULÁŠKOVÁ Eva BUTTLER Alexandre SYROVÁTKA Vít FAJMONOVÁ Zuzana
Year of publication	2012
Type	Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source	Plant ecology
MU Faculty or unit	Faculty of Science
Citation
Doi	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11258-011-9969-0
Field	Ecology
Keywords	springs; species richness; environmental factors
Description	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 alpha-diversity between both taxonomic groups are presumably result of the different rates of adaptation processes.
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