Vegetation succession in lakes of West Connemara, Ireland: Comparing predicted and actual changes

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 211-218

  Van Groenendael, Jan M ^b   Roepers, Reinetta G ^a   Woltjer, Inez ^a   Zweers, Hanita R ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Canonical Correspondence Analysis; Markov model; Vegetation dynamics; Wetland

Indexed keywords

LAKE; SUCCESSION; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WETLAND;

IRELAND, COUNTY GALWAY, CONNEMARA;

EID: 0030439526     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3236321     Document Type: Review

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