The influence of scale and species pool on the relationship between vascular plant species richness and cover in an alpine area in Norway

Plant Ecology

Volumn 169, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 273-284

  Grytnes, John Arvid ^a   Birks, H J B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Area; Generalised Additive Models (GAM); Humped back curve; Rondane; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; SCALE EFFECT; SPECIES POOL; SPECIES RICHNESS; VASCULAR PLANT; VEGETATION COVER;

NORWAY;

TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 0038263482     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026099705238     Document Type: Article

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