Ecology or mythology? Are Whittaker's "gradient analysis" curves reliable evidence of continuity in vegetation?

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Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 245-253

  Wilson, J Bastow ^a   Agnew, Andrew D Q ^b   Sykes, Martin T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Community ecology; Environmental gradients; Gradient analysis; Species abundance; Whittaker's curves

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; GRADIENT ANALYSIS; PLANT COMMUNITY;

EID: 10344229948     PISSN: 00327786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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