The application of multivariate land classification to vegetation survey in the Wicklow Mountains, Ireland

Plant Ecology

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 229-241

  Cooper, Alan ^a   Loftus, Mortimer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blanket bog; Ireland; Landscape ecology

Indexed keywords

BLANKET BOG; LAND CLASSIFICATION; MAPPING; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION SURVEY;

IRELAND, COUNTY WICKLOW, WICKLOW MOUNTAINS;

EID: 0031916301     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009707211061     Document Type: Article

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