Upland plant community classification in Elk Island National Park, Alberta, Canada, using disturbance history and physical site factors

Plant Ecology

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 171-190

  Bork, Edward W ^a   Hudson, Robert J ^a   Bailey, Arthur W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aspen forest; Canonical correspondence analysis; Ordination; Prescribed burning; TWINSPAN; Ungulate herbivory; Uplands

Indexed keywords

FIRE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; PLANT COMMUNITY; UNGULATE; VEGETATION CLASSIFICATION;

CANADA, ALBERTA, ELK ISLAND NATIONAL PARK;

EID: 0030616678     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009718908103     Document Type: Article

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