Naslov
Multivariate analysis of phyto-climatic patterns of the Croatian part of the eastern Adriatic coast

Autori
Hršak, Vladimir

Izvornik
Plant Biosystems (1126-3504) 137 (2003), 3; 281-292

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
bio-climate; Mediterranean climate; continental climate; cluster analysis; principal component analysis

Sažetak
The present study analyses the climatic patterns of the part of the eastern Adriatic coast belonging to the Republic of Croatia and the narrow zone of the inlands. This area comprises a part of the Mediterranean phytogeographic region characterized by the Mediterranean climate type and the transitional area towards the Eurosiberian phytogeographic region influenced by the continental climate type. The analysis was performed by using multivariate numerical methods, cluster analysis following by the inertia analysis, and principal component analysis with partitioning, considering the principal local climatic gradients in the data set. Six main climate classes were obtained. The obtained results are biologically more interpretable than those that used either numerical indices or the Walter climate diagram system. This suggests that multivariate numerical methods could be more efficient tools for detecting biologically significant climatic patterns on small spatial scale.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Biologija

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