Landscape and plant community boundaries in biogeography

Auteur(s) et Affiliation(s)



Description :
This article critically reviews past and present concepts relating to plant communities, the transitional areas and boundaries between them and highlights the potential of a variety of methods for future research on this topic. For the purposes of this article, the term transitional areas defines a group of landscape boundaries that represents the zones between plant communities, as opposed to the sharper demarcations that usually occur between land-use types. Transitional areas therefore represent a subset of landscape boundaries.


Type de document :
Article de périodique

Source :
Progress in physical geography, issn : 0309-1333, 1997, vol. 21, n°. 3, p. 315-353, Collation : Illustration, Références bibliographiques : 9 p.

Date :
1997

Editeur :
Pays édition : Royaume-Uni, London, Sage Publications