Acta Botanica Croatica, Vol. 70 No. 2., 2011.
Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.2478/v10184-010-0018-1
Ecological conditions, flora and vegetation of a large doline in the Mecsek Mountains (South Hungary)
Zoltan Boltar
; Department of Ecology, University of Szeged, 6726 Szeged, Közép fasor 52, Hungary
Robert Galle
; Department of Ecology, University of Szeged, 6726 Szeged, Közép fasor 52, Hungary
Laszlo Erdos
; Department of Ecology, University of Szeged, 6726 Szeged, Közép fasor 52, Hungary
Laszlo Kormoczi
; Department of Ecology, University of Szeged, 6726 Szeged, Közép fasor 52, Hungary
Abstract
Vegetation-environment relationships were investigated in a large doline of the Mecsek Mts (South Hungary). To reveal the vegetation pattern, we collected vegetation data and environmental variables along a 243 m long transect. Atotal of 144 vascular plant species and 4 vegetation types were identified in the doline.We found that both the species composition and the vegetation pattern are significantly influenced by air temperature, air humidity, soil moisture and altitude. Our results confirm the putative temperature and vegetation inversion in the doline.
Keywords
direct gradient analysis; doline; flora; vegetation types; vegetation inversion; redundancy analysis; species composition; Mecsek Mountains; Hungary
Hrčak ID:
72087
URI
Publication date:
3.10.2011.
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