42.4 - Mountain pine forests

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Mostly subalpine forests of the Alps, the Jura, the Pyrenees and the Iberian Range, dominated by Pinus uncinata, usually open and with a very developed shrubby understory.

Bibliographie

Devillers P., Devillers-Terschuren J. & Vander Linden C., 2001. PHYSIS Palaearctic Habitat Classification Database. Updated to 10 December 2001. Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles, Bruxelles. (Source)

Ellenberg, 1963, 1988; Gruber, 1978; Ozenda, 1981, 1985; Lopez Gonzalez, 1982; Dupias, 1985; Fernandez Gonzalez, 1986; Noirfalise, 1986, 1987; Ferioli, 1989; Maurin & al., 1989; Oberdorfer, 1990.