Effects of species partition on explanatory variables in direct gradient analysis - A case study from Senegal

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 409-414

  Lawesson, Jonas E ^a,b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b National Environmental Research Institute of Denmark   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Canonical Correspondence Analysis; Detrended Correspondence Analysis; Gradient analysis; Monte Carlo test; Redundancy analysis

Indexed keywords

DIRECT GRADIENT ANALYSIS; EXPLANATORY VARIABLE; METHODOLOGY; SPECIES PARITION; SPECIES-ENVIROBEMTN DATA;

SENEGAL;

EID: 0031472004     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3237332     Document Type: Article

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