ITE Merlewood land classification of Great Britain

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 625-634

  Bunce, R G H ^a   Barr, C J ^a   Clarke, R T ^a   Howard, D C ^a   Lane, A M J ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Great Britain; ITE Land C1assification; land classification; landscape ecology; logistic discrimination; sampling strategy; stratification

Indexed keywords

HABITAT CLASSIFICATION; INSTITUTE OF TERRESTRIAL ECOLOGY; LAND CLASSIFICATION; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY;

UK;

EID: 0030303278     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.1996.tb00023.x     Document Type: Article

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