Predicting the distribution of shrub species in southern California from climate and terrain-derived variables

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 733-748

  Franklin, Janet ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chaparral; Classification tree; Coastal sage scrub; Digital terrain model; Direct gradient analysis; Generalized additive model; Generalized linear model; Species response curve; Vegetation modeling

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE; METHODOLOGY; SHRUB; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032467477     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3237291     Document Type: Article

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