Ecological assessment of vegetation from a nature reserve using regional reference data and indicator scores

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 811-832

  Smart, Simon M ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Decision support systems; Ellenberg values; Monitoring; Regional scale

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; NATURE RESERVE; PLANT COMMUNITY;

EID: 0034130616     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008948602316     Document Type: Article

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