The use of diversity indices to assess the diversity of vegetation in managed boreal forests

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 112, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 121-137

  Pitkänen, Sari ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Alpha diversity; Assessment; Beta diversity; Classification; Discriminant analysis; Managed forests; Species turnover

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; PLANTS (BOTANY); SOILS; VEGETATION;

ALPHA DIVERSITY; BETA DIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; SPECIES TURNOVER;

FORESTRY;

BIODIVERSITY; BOREAL FOREST; CLASSIFICATION;

EID: 0345561664     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(98)00319-3     Document Type: Article

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