Some thoughts on ordination techniques, ecological study units, and the method of synecological coordinates

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 179, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 13-23

  Gutiérrez Espeleta, Edgar E ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH; SOIL; VEGETATION;

EID: 0342561539     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.1996.0043     Document Type: Article

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