Assessment of the floristic quality index for use in Illinois, USA, wetlands

Natural Areas Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 53-60

  Matthews, Jeffrey W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Floristic Quality Index; Sedge meadows; Species area relationships; Wetland assessment

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; INDEX METHOD; NATURALNESS; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP; WETLAND;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037237986     PISSN: 08858608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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