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Fell-field and heath communities of Reykjanes Peninsula, SW. Iceland (plant communities of Reykjanes Peninsula, Part 5)

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The author gives a survey of fell-field, dwarf shrub-and grass heath-communities of Reykjanes Peninsula. Eight associations were found to belong to this complex; they belong to the alliancesJuncion trifidi Krajina,Loiseleurio-Arctostaphylion Kalliola andNardo-Caricion Bigelowii Nordh. respectively. Their syntaxonomy and ecology are discussed.

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Hadač, E. Fell-field and heath communities of Reykjanes Peninsula, SW. Iceland (plant communities of Reykjanes Peninsula, Part 5). Folia geobot. phytotax. 7, 349–380 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02854766

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