A flexible, multipurpose method for recording vegetation composition and structure

Castanea

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 262-274

  Peet, Robert K ^a   Wentworth, Thomas R ^b   White, Peter S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; PLANT COMMUNITY; SAMPLING; SURVEYING; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

EID: 0032405684     PISSN: 00087475     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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