Ski slope vegetation at Snoqualmie Pass, Washington State, USA, and a comparison with ski slope vegetation in temperate coniferous forest zones

Ecological Research

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 97-104

  Titus, Jonathan H ^a   Tsuyuzaki, Shiro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Detrended correspondence analysis (DCA); Moisture gradient; Ski slope vegetation; TWINSPAN, Washington State; Wetland habitat

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031697193     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1703.1998.00249.x     Document Type: Article

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