Species indicator values as an important tool in applied plant ecology - A review

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 493-506

  Diekmann, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Calibration; Ellenberg's indicator values; Environmental change; Measurements; Response curve; Species optimum; Weighted average

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347882737     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/1439-1791-00185     Document Type: Conference Paper

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