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A NOTE ON THE RELATION BETWEEN VEGETATION AND ELEVATION IN THE DUNE AREAS OF THE NETHERLANDS' WADDEN ISLAND VLIELAND
Author(s) -
De Roos G. Th.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
acta botanica neerlandica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.871
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1438-8677
pISSN - 0044-5983
DOI - 10.1111/j.1438-8677.1980.tb01260.x
Subject(s) - elevation (ballistics) , vegetation (pathology) , geodetic datum , physical geography , range (aeronautics) , geology , geography , cartography , mathematics , geometry , medicine , pathology , materials science , composite material
SUMMARY Detailed vegetation maps, showing the distribution of five associations ( Violo‐Corynephoretum, Polypodio‐Empetretum, Festuco‐Galietum maritimi, Polypodio‐Salicetum, Empetro‐Ericetum ) in four study areas, together covering 64.6 ha of the sand dunes of Vlieland, were compared with contour‐maps, giving the elevation (above Amsterdam ordnance datum) in 2.5 m intervals. A quantitative picture is presented of the associations over the four elevation classes: < 5.0 m, 5.0–7.5 m, 7.5–10.0 m, and > 10.0 m and the results are briefly discussed. The preference of each association for a particular elevation range is clearly demonstrated.