Modelling relationships between environment and canopy composition in secondary vegetation in central North Island, New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 147-161

  Leathwick, J R ^a   Rogers, G M ^b  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Classification; Disturbance; Environmental factors; Generalised Additive Models; Plant community analysis; Secondary succession

Indexed keywords

DISTURBANCE; FOREST CANOPY; GENERALIZED ADDITIVE MODEL; SCLEROPHYLLOUS SCRUB; SCRUB; SHRUB-FERNLAND; SUCCESSION; TUSSOCK-SHRUBLAND;

NEW ZEALAND, NORTH ISLAND;

EID: 0030322362     PISSN: 01106465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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