Plant communities of New Brunswick in relation to environmental variation

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 321-334

  Roberts, Mark R ^a   Wuest, Lawrence J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canonical correspondence analysis; Climate; Cluster analysis; Landscape pattern; Plant distribution; Soil; Topography; Vegetation environment relationship

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

CANADA; NEW BRUNSWICK;

EID: 0032814742     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3237061     Document Type: Article

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