DETECTION OF SOME MICROPATTERNS OF WINTER ANNUALS IN PIONEER COMMUNITIES OF DRY SANDY SOILS

Abstract

A new method for arranging vegetational data is described and applied to data from 20 cm square plots in pioneer communities of dry sandy soils in the north-western coastal dunes of the Dutch island Voorne. The presumed micropatterns within these communities are conveniently displayed by the relevé-groups distinguished by this method.