Regional gradient analysis and spatial pattern of woody plant communities of Oregon forests

Ecological Monographs

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 151-182

  Ohmann, Janet L ^a   Spies, Thomas A ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Canonical correspondence analysis; Forest ecology; Gradient analysis; Plant communities; Regional vegetation analysis; Species diversity; Variance partitioning; Woody plants

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; WOODY PLANT;

OREGON; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031687119     PISSN: 00129615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9615(1998)068[0151:RGAASP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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