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Phytogeographical analysis of a treeline community in northern Yukon (NW-Canada)

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Numerical syntaxonomy

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The phytogeography of a treeline Salix pulchra community from the northern Yukon is studied by means of classification and ordination on a matrix of species and Operational Geographic Units. The basic data were obtained from the global distributions of the species. Results suggest that this community is an example of pre-glacial treeline vegetation which survived in ice-free areas within ancient Beringia.

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Hultén (1968).

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OGV:

Operational Geographical Unit.

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  1. Dipartimento di Biologia, Università degli Studi di Trieste, I 34100, Trieste, Italy

    Pier Luigi Nimis

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Nimis, P.L. (1989). Phytogeographical analysis of a treeline community in northern Yukon (NW-Canada). In: Mucina, L., Dale, M.B. (eds) Numerical syntaxonomy. Advances in vegetation science, vol 10. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-2432-1_18

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