High-altitude vegetation of the Western Carpathians — a syntaxonomical review
Abstract: This paper presents a survey of high-altitude plant communities which occur in the Western Carpathians with an enumeration of the characteristic, transgressive and differential species of the individual alliances, orders and classes. It describes the tall-herb vegetation (Mulgedio-Aconitetea) and communities of the subalpine shrubs (Betulo carpaticae-Alnetea viridis), the montane and alpine calcareous swards (Elyno-Seslerietea), the wind-exposed cryophilous swards on ridge edges with low snow cover (Carici rupestris-Kobresietea bellardii), the chionophilous communities of snow beds and snow fields (Salicetea herbaceae), the arctic-boreal dwarf-shrub heathlands (Loiseleurio-Vaccinietea), the alpine acidophilous grasslands (Caricetea curvulae) and the high-mountain mat-grass swards of the alliance Nardion strictae (Nardetea strictae). This study summarises the results of the syntaxonomical and nomenclatural revisions of various types of high-altitude vegetation in the Western Carpathians and the longstanding research in the field. The aim of this paper is to amass knowledge about the nomenclatural features, such as the synonyms, original diagnoses and nomenclatural types of the higher syntaxa in the Western Carpathians, that will be important and useful for a forthcoming vegetation survey of highrank syntaxa of Europe (EuroChecklist). It reflects the current status of knowledge regarding the floristic composition and distribution of high-altitude (alpine) non-forest communities in Slovakia. The fourth volume of Plant Communities of Slovakia, which discusses high-altitude vegetation, was recently published. This paper, however, contains some corrections and improvements to the concepts. It is presented in a compact form and in English, which makes it more accessible by international readership.
- Standort
-
Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
- Umfang
-
Online-Ressource
- Sprache
-
Englisch
- Erschienen in
-
High-altitude vegetation of the Western Carpathians — a syntaxonomical review ; volume:65 ; number:6 ; year:2010 ; pages:965-989 ; extent:25
Biologia ; 65, Heft 6 (2010), 965-989 (gesamt 25)
- Urheber
-
Kliment, Ján
Šibík, Jozef
Šibíková, Ivana
Jarolímek, Ivan
Dúbravcová, Zuzana
Uhlířová, Jana
- DOI
-
10.2478/s11756-010-0109-4
- URN
-
urn:nbn:de:101:1-2409221657285.272622503801
- Rechteinformation
-
Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
- Letzte Aktualisierung
-
15.08.2025, 07:31 MESZ
Datenpartner
Deutsche Nationalbibliothek. Bei Fragen zum Objekt wenden Sie sich bitte an den Datenpartner.
Beteiligte
- Kliment, Ján
- Šibík, Jozef
- Šibíková, Ivana
- Jarolímek, Ivan
- Dúbravcová, Zuzana
- Uhlířová, Jana
Ähnliche Objekte (12)
Current knowledge and phytosociological data on the high-altitude vegetation in the Western Carpathians — a review
Variations in vegetation evapotranspiration affect water yield in high-altitude areas
Investigation of the last two centuries sedimentation dynamics in high-altitude lakes of Southern Carpathians, Romania
Pulmonary vascular adaptation to high-altitude living
Hypoxia Conditioning for High-Altitude Pre-acclimatization
Aerosol black carbon characteristics over a high-altitude Western Ghats location in Southern India
High-altitude wind resources in the Middle East
Thermal analysis of a high-altitude solar platform
Neuroimaging features of fatal high-altitude cerebral edema
Operation and operation approval of high-altitude platforms
Quantify retinal structure in high-altitude residents with and without high altitude polycythemia
High-altitude and low-altitude adapted chicken gut-microbes have different functional diversity
Current knowledge and phytosociological data on the high-altitude vegetation in the Western Carpathians — a review
Variations in vegetation evapotranspiration affect water yield in high-altitude areas
Investigation of the last two centuries sedimentation dynamics in high-altitude lakes of Southern Carpathians, Romania
Pulmonary vascular adaptation to high-altitude living
Hypoxia Conditioning for High-Altitude Pre-acclimatization
Aerosol black carbon characteristics over a high-altitude Western Ghats location in Southern India
High-altitude wind resources in the Middle East
Thermal analysis of a high-altitude solar platform
Neuroimaging features of fatal high-altitude cerebral edema
Operation and operation approval of high-altitude platforms
Quantify retinal structure in high-altitude residents with and without high altitude polycythemia
High-altitude and low-altitude adapted chicken gut-microbes have different functional diversity
Current knowledge and phytosociological data on the high-altitude vegetation in the Western Carpathians — a review
Variations in vegetation evapotranspiration affect water yield in high-altitude areas
Investigation of the last two centuries sedimentation dynamics in high-altitude lakes of Southern Carpathians, Romania
Pulmonary vascular adaptation to high-altitude living
Hypoxia Conditioning for High-Altitude Pre-acclimatization
Aerosol black carbon characteristics over a high-altitude Western Ghats location in Southern India
High-altitude wind resources in the Middle East
Thermal analysis of a high-altitude solar platform
Neuroimaging features of fatal high-altitude cerebral edema
Operation and operation approval of high-altitude platforms
Quantify retinal structure in high-altitude residents with and without high altitude polycythemia