Species response curves along environmental gradients. A case study from SE Norwegian swamp forests

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 869-880

  Rydgren, Knut ^a,b,c   Økland, Rune Halvorsen ^a,b   Økland, Tonje ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c WESTERN NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Boreal forest; DCA; Ecocline; Environmental factor; Gradient property; Logistic regression; Modelling; Peatland

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; ORDINATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; SWAMP FOREST;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

BRYOPHYTA; SPHAGNUM; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 1142281888     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2003.tb02220.x     Document Type: Article

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