The relationship between woody vegetation and environmental factors: A spatial discriminant analysis

Community Ecology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 43-49

  Attorre, F ^a   Alfo M ^a   Bottini, D ^a   Bruno, F ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Rome; Soil; Spatial discriminant analysis; Urban woods

Indexed keywords

DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; PLANT COMMUNITY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SOIL PROPERTY; TOPOGRAPHY; WOODY PLANT;

ITALY; ROME;

EID: 0042128641     PISSN: 15858553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/ComEc.4.2003.1.5     Document Type: Article

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