Vegetation classification and ordination of a permanent plot in the Fushan Experimental Forest, northern Taiwan

Taiwan Journal of Forest Science

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 411-428

  Wang, Hsiang Hua ^a   Pan, Fuh Jiunn ^a   Liu, Chin Kuo ^a   Yu, Yu Hsln ^a   Hung, Sheng Feng ^a  

^a TAIWAN FORESTRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Fushan Experimental Forest; Ordination; Soil disturbance; Topography; Vegetation classification

Indexed keywords

CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; FUSHAN EXPERIMENTAL FOREST; ORDINATION; QUANTITATIVE PARAMETERS; SOIL DISTURBANCES; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SPECIES RICHNESS; VEGETATION CLASSIFICATION;

ECOSYSTEMS; SOILS; TOPOGRAPHY; VEGETATION;

FORESTRY;

EID: 0009290751     PISSN: 10264469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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