%0 Journal Article
%T The Tall-Herb and Tall-Grass Plant Communities of the Class Mulgedio-Aconitetea in the Subalpine Belt of the Kriv¨¢nska Mal¨¢ Fatra MTS (Slovakia)
%A Ivana  ib¨ªkov¨¢
%A Jozef  ib¨ªk
%A Ivan Jarol¨ªmek
%J Hacquetia
%@ 1854-9829
%D 2008
%I 
%R 10.2478/v10028-008-0008-1
%X The following paper reports the results of phytosociological research of tall-herb and tall-herb plant communities within the class Mulgedio-Aconitetea in the subalpine belt of the Kriv¨¢nska Mal¨¢ Fatra Mts. The data set of 209 relev¨¦s was sampled and analysed using numerical classification and ordination. Major ecological gradients were interpreted using Ellenberg's indicator values and the Shannon-Wiener diversity index. Ten associations within five alliances were distinguished and characterised: Aconitetum firmi, Digitali ambiguae-Calamagrostietum arundinaceae, Helianthemo grandiflorae-Calamagrostietum arundinaceae, Potentillo aurei-Calamagrostietum arundinaceae, Allio victorialis-Calamagrostietum villosae, Festucetum carpaticae, Adenostylo alliariae-Athyrietum alpestris, Aconito firmi-Adenostyletum alliariae, Geranio robertiani-Delphinietum elati and Aconito firmi-Rumicetum alpini. Relationships between the floristic composition of the communities and environmental variables were analysed by canonical correspondence analysis.
%K alpine vegetation
%K classification
%K ordination
%K phytosociology
%K tall-herb plant communities
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