Classification of vegetation: Past, present and future

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 751-760

  Mucina, Ladislav ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Bibliometrics; Braun Blanquet approach; Formalism; Functionality; Innovation period; Numerical syntaxonomy; Scientometry; Vegetation theory

Indexed keywords

METHODOLOGY; VEGETATION CLASSIFICATION; VEGETATION SCIENCE;

EID: 0031417330     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3237019     Document Type: Article

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