Sumpf-und Feuchtrasengesellschaften in der Verlandungszone des Kalterer Sees (Lago di Caldaro), der Montiggler (Monticolo) Seen und in der Etsch (Adige) Aue, OberitalienBalátová-Tuláčková, Emilie; Venanzoni, Roberto
doi: 10.1007/BF02854543pmid: N/A
The paper presents the results of phytocoenological studies of the helophyte vegetation occupying the litoral zone of three North Italian glacial lakes and of the tall-forb communities occurring on the Adige riverside. It uses the method of the Zürich-Montpellier school. The association complex occupying the littoral zone of Lake Caldaro, above all the associations ofCladietum marisci, Caricetum elatae, Juncetum subnodulosi, Schoenetum nigricantis, andSelino-Molinietum caeruleae resembles those of ± mesotrophic, calcium rich prealpine lakes studied in Switzerland, West Germany and Austria. On the other hand, the majority of the communities occurring in the littoral of the great Lake Monticolo are of dystrophic-mesotrophic character, manifested above all in the occurrence ofCaricetum diandrae, Peucedano-Caricetum lasiocarpae, andCaricetum elatae comaretosum, all with boreal distribution.
Variability amongThymelaea hirsuta (L.)Endl. populations in EgyptShaltout, Kamal; Denelle, Nicole; Jacquard, Pierre; Romane, Francois
doi: 10.1007/BF02854546pmid: N/A
The present study depicts the presence of a gradient in the morphological characters ofThymelaea hirsuta (L.)Endl. leaves which correlated with the environmental gradient prevailing in the Western Mediterranean region of Egypt. The less arid and more calcareous habitats harbour individuals with obtuse and gentle curved leaf apices and gentle involute leaf margins. With the increase of aridity and decrease of CaCO3, the leaf apices become acute and strongly curved, and the leaf margins become strongly involuted. Significant variations in seed weight, seedling emergence and viability of seed embryos inT. hirsuta, in relation to habitat types, are also shown and discussed.