The relationship between plant diversity and diversity of abiotic conditions in Křivoklátsko PLA

The relationship between plant diversity and diversity of abiotic conditions in Křivoklátsko PLA Abstract The relation between plants and abiotic conditions has a great influence for their lives and distribution. In first part I describe influence of individual physical-geographic factors on plant diversity and distribution. These are climate, soils, relief, disturbances and ecophenomenons. In second part we learn about biodiversity gradients. These are size and remoteness of habitats thus island phenomenon, altitudinal gradient and latitudinal gradient. In the next part, I present a place, where I evaluate relation between plant diversity and altitude, slope and exposition. In Křivoklátsko PLA there is 1 543 species of vascular plants. With their distribution in area I found out the highest diversity is in the rivers and creek valleys, especially in Berounka valley. The results clearly say the diversity of vascular plant is in the deep valleys because of river phenomenon. The biggest influence on vascular plant has altitude. Two remains factors don't influence plant diversity as altitude