Classification and ordination of plant communities along an altitudinal gradient on the Presidential Range, New Hampshire, USA

Plant Ecology

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 81-103

  Sardinero, Santiago ^a,b  

^a INIA   (Spain)

^b Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alpine tundra; Bioclimatology; Krummholz vegetation; New England; Northern Hardwoods; Spruce Fir Forests; White Mountains

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDINAL ZONATION; ORDINATION; PLANT COMMUNITY; VEGETATION CLASSIFICATION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034121414     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009853730949     Document Type: Article

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