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Habitat types key navigation

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You can use the 'key navigation' function to identify a specific habitat by answering a set of questions. Starting from first question to next questions you select one of the possible answers. Here are samples of possible answers:

No ( 002 ) - Leading to question named '002'
Yes [ G ] - Leading to another questions subset of level G
No [ E6 ] - Links directly to factsheet for E6

Additionally the diagram may be used for reference.

Category : (E3 )Seasonally wet and wet grasslands
Diagram :

Question e17 : Climate

The criterion separates out habitats with mediterranean; sub-mediterranean; or other climate types.

Answers:

mediterranean (

e18 )

sub-mediterranean

[ E3.3 ]

other (

e19 )

Question e18 : Summer desiccation?

Short-herb communities subject to alternating extreme conditions of inundation and summer desiccation (path = Yes) are distinguished from tall grassland in permanently humid conditions.

Answers:

[ E3.1 ]

Yes

[ E3.2 ]

Question e19 : Oligotrophic?

Nutrient-poor (often acid) grasslands (path = Yes) are separated from meso- and eutrophic habitats. Note that nutrient-poor grasslands may be rich in chalk.

Answers:

Yes

[ E3.5 ]

[ E3.4 ]

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