Species-environment relationships and vegetation patterns: Effects of spatial scale and tree life-stage

Plant Ecology

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 215-228

  Stohlgren, Thomas J ^a   Bachand, Richard R ^a   Onami, Yasuhiro ^a   Binkley, Dan ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Canonical correspondence analysis; Colorado; Ecotones; Heterogeneous forest landscapes; Rocky Mountain National Park

Indexed keywords

LIFE STAGE; SPATIAL SCALE; SPECIES-ENVIRONMENTAL RELATIONSHIP; TREE; VEGETATION PATTERN;

USA, COLORADO, ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK;

PINUS CONTORTA;

EID: 0031941977     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009788326991     Document Type: Article

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