Vegetation-environment relationships in Atlantic European calcareous grasslands

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 15-22

  Duckworth, J C ^a,b,c   Bunce, R G H ^a   Malloch, A J C ^d  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Plantlife Scotland   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Climate; Correlation; Detrended Correspondence Analysis; Land cover; Management; Soil; Topography

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; VEGETATION;

(WEST); EUROPE;

EID: 0034144442     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3236770     Document Type: Article

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