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Contribution to the ecological phytogeography of Fuegia
Tretiach, Mauro
Lausi, Duilio
Poelt, Josef
1989
Abstract
The relationships between the present distribution of native Fuegian vascular
plants and their ecological behaviour have been studied on the basis of information and multivariate analysis. 216 species (54 % of the total flora) were collected during two surveys within a transect across the main vegetation zones of Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego; the ecological and phytogeographic informations are derived from field and literature data. The results show that: 1) the species list obtained by the survey along the transect have the same informational content of the total flora of lsla Grande; 2) seven out of twelve species groups obtained by numerical classification of phytogeographic data are well correlateci to the main habitat-types of Fuegia, i.e. steppe, forest and bog communities; 3) the Andean Cordilleras played the main role in plant migration to Fuegia after the ice retreat.
Series
Studia Geobotanica. An international journal
09
Publisher
EUT Edizioni Università di Trieste
Source
Mauro Tretiach, Duilio Lausi, Josef Poelt, "Contribution to the ecological phytogeography of Fuegia" in: "Studia Geobotanica. An international journal, Vol. 9 (1989)", EUT Edizioni Università di Trieste, Trieste, 1989, pp. 3-72
Languages
en
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