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Based on gradient analysis and indicator values, spring water chemistry and temperature and the dynamics of water level were shown to be the main ecological factors of plant cover differentiation in spring fens. Six groups of plant communities were identified by ordination along the axes of these factors, with each group being characterized by a certain suite of indicator species.
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Original Russian Text © T.G. Ivchenko, S.R. Znamenskiy, 2016, published in Ekologiya, 2016, No. 5, pp. 346–352.
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Ivchenko, T.G., Znamenskiy, S.R. Ecological structure of plant communities on spring fens in the mountain taiga belt of the Southern Urals. Russ J Ecol 47, 453–459 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1067413616050040
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