Classification of the Mediterranean lowland to submontane pine forest vegetation
Journal: Applied Vegetation Science
Year: 2020

Abstract Aim Vegetation types of Mediterranean thermophilous pine forests dominated by Pinus brutia , Pinus halepensis , Pinus pinaster and Pinus pinea were studied in various areas. However, a comprehensive formal vegetation classification of these forests based on a detailed data analysis has never been developed. Our aim is to provide the first broad‐scale classification of these pine forests based on a large data set of vegetation plots. Location Southern Europe, North Africa, Levant, Anatol