66 - Volcanic features

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Hard rock surfaces, rock jumbles, loose material deposits, soils, water bodies resulting from recent or present volcanic activity, unvegetated, occupied by lichens or mosses, or colonized by specialized, relatively sparse herb- or shrub-dominated communities.

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)

Whitten and Brooks, 1972; Rittmann and Rittmann, 1983; Whittow, 1984; Wildpret de la Torre and del Arco Aguilar, 1987; Serrada & al., 1988; Clark, 1990; Krafft and de Larouzière, 1991; Summerfield, 1991; Einarsson, 1994; Gudmundsson and Kjartansson, 1996.