Multifactor classification of forest landscape ecosystems of Jocassee Gorges, southern Appalachian Mountains, South Carolina

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1933-1946

  Abella, Scott R ^a,c   Shelburne, Victor B ^a   MacDonald, Neil W ^b  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDFORMS; MULTIVARIABLE SYSTEMS; NATURAL RESOURCES; SOILS; VEGETATION;

MULTIFACTOR CLASSIFICATION;

FORESTRY;

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; VEGETATION CLASSIFICATION;

JOCASSEE GORGES; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

CONIUM; CONIUM MACULATUM; QUERCUS; TSUGA; TSUGA CANADENSIS;

EID: 0346847598     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x03-116     Document Type: Article

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