Bias in Ellenberg indicator values - Problems with detection of the effect of vegetation type

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 843-846

  Smart, Simon M ^a   Scott, W Andrew ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abiotic condition; Linear regression; Random error; Selective filtering; Syntaxonomy

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ERROR ANALYSIS; PHYTOSOCIOLOGY; SAMPLING BIAS; SYNTAXONOMY;

EID: 10344233715     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2004.tb02327.x     Document Type: Review

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