41.B3 - Hercynio-Alpine birch woods

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Birch stands of the montane and subalpine levels of the Alps, the Carpathians, the Apennines, the Pyrenees, the Jura, the Hercynian ranges and the mountains of the Balkan peninsula, mostly subclimax formations of stations with anomalous edaphic and microclimatic conditions.

Bibliography

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)

Horvat & al., 1974; Sfikas, 1984; Ozenda, 1985; Ferioli, 1989; Oberdorfer, 1990; Bondev, 1991; Coldea, 1991; Pignatti, 1998.