Modification of the Whittaker sampling technique to assess plant diversity in forested natural areas

Natural Areas Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 185-189

  Yorks, Thad E ^a   Dabydeen, Simon ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b NEBRASKA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Plant diversity; Sampling; Whittaker Sampling Technique

Indexed keywords

FOREST ECOSYSTEM; METHODOLOGY; PLANT COMMUNITY; SAMPLING; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

EID: 0032056118     PISSN: 08858608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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