Detailed surveying and mapping of plant communities on featureless terrain

Grass and Forage Science

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 439-444

  Gooding, R F ^a   Rackham, D ^a   Holland, J P ^a   Robertson, D ^a  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GIS; PLANT COMMUNITY; VEGETATION MAPPING;

EID: 0031433441     PISSN: 01425242     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2494.1997.tb02376.x     Document Type: Article

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