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Volume 115 (1994)
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Article: Experimental investigation of alpine plant communities in the Northwestern Caucasus 1
Front matter 1
Table of Contents 3
Preface: Preface 5
Chapter 1: Study area and general description of the investigated communities 6
Chapter 2: Phytolith analysis and holocene dynamics of alpine vegetation 23
Chapter 3: Experimental research of alpine communities with use of reciprocal transplantations 41
Chapter 4: "Mass-effect" in alpine communities of the Northwestern Caucasus 61
Chapter 5: Soil seed banks 69
Chapter 6: Natural "gaps" in alpine meadows and plant population strategies 83
Chapter 7: Shading experiments in alpine grasslands 89
Chapter 8: The spatial structure of alpine lichen heaths (ALH) : hypothesis and experiments 100
Bibliography 112
Index: Veröffentlichungen des Geobotanischen Institutes der Eidg. Techn. Hochschule, Stiftung Rübel, in Zürich _