Using indicator families for vegetation classification in species-rich Neotropical forests

Phytocoenologia

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 485-502

  Kessler, Michael ^a   Bach, Kerstin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diversity; Indicator groups; Phytosociology; Tropical forests; Vegetation analysis

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; PHYTOSOCIOLOGY; VEGETATION CLASSIFICATION;

EID: 0033500892     PISSN: 0340269X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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