The modified floristic quality index

Natural Areas Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 340-344

  Rooney, Thomas P ^a   Rogers, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Coefficient of conservatism; Floristic quality assessment; Floristic quality index; Monitoring; Vegetation of Wisconsin

Indexed keywords

FLORISTICS; INDEX METHOD; MONITORING;

EID: 0036802816     PISSN: 08858608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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