Prediction of rare-plant occurrence: A southern appalachian example

Ecological Applications

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 909-920

  Wiser, Susan K ^a,b   Peet, Robert K ^a   White, Peter S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Calamagrostis cainii; Endemic; Generalized additive models; Geum radiatum; Habitat characterization; Houstonia purpurea var. montana; Logistic regression; Rare plants; Rock outcrops; Solidago spithamaea; Southern Appalachian Mountains (USA)

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; PLANT; PREDICTION; RARE SPECIES;

APPALACHIANS; UNITED STATES;

CALAMAGROSTIS CAINII; GEUM; GEUM RADIATUM; HOUSTONIA; HOUSTONIA PURPUREA; HOUSTONIA PURPUREA VAR. MONTANA; SOLIDAGO; SOLIDAGO SPITHAMAEA;

EID: 0031761208     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(1998)008[0909:PORPOA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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