Claim · model-written summary
Vegetation varied continuously among quadrats and was governed mainly by pH variation.
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e0“continuous variation of vegetation, which was mainly governed by pH variation”
Title
VARIATION IN VEGETATION AND SPECIES DIVERSITY ALONG A LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT
E. Van Der Maarel; J. Leertouwer Acta Botanica Neerlandica 1967. doi:10.1111/j.1438-8677.1967.tb00052.x
Other claims from this paper (3)
- Association Species diversity was highest in the middle range of the pH and height gradient.
- Observation The species-area relation fitted the Preston model with a slope index slightly below the theoretical equilibrium value.
- Mechanism The diversity pattern was interpreted as niche differentiation governed by spatial and temporal environmental variation.