Vegetation, environmental characteristics and ideas on the maintenance of alvars on the Bruce Peninsula, Canada

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 797-810

  Schaefer, Claudia A ^a   Larson, Douglas W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canonical Correspondence Analysis; Detrended Correspondence Analysis; Fire; Limestone grassland; Limestone pavement; Old growth trees; Thuja occidentalis

Indexed keywords

ALVAR; ENVIRONEMTNAL CONDITIONS; GRASSLAND; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

BRUCE PENINSULA; CANADA; ONTARIO;

EID: 0031426381     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3237024     Document Type: Article

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