Partitioning floristic variance in Norwegian upland grasslands into within-site and between-site components: Are the patterns determined by environment or by land-use?

Plant Ecology

Volumn 162, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 233-245

  Vandvik, Vigdis ^a   Birks, H John B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Canonical Correspondence Analysis (CCA); Cultural landscape; Disturbance; Environment; Grazing; Montane grasslands; Ordination; Partial CCA; Variance partitioning

Indexed keywords

CANONICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GRASSLAND; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; ORDINATION; PLANT COMMUNITY;

NORWAY;

EID: 0036034759     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020322205469     Document Type: Article

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