Environmental correlates of canopy composition at Mont St. Hilaire, Quebec, Canada

Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 90-102

  Arii, Ken ^a,b   Hamel, Benoît R ^a   Lechowicz, Martin J ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canonical correspondence analysis (CCA); Codominance; Distribution pattern; Nutrient availability; Soil moisture; Temperate deciduous forest

Indexed keywords

CANOPY;

CANADA; MONT SAINT-HILAIRE; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA]; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ACER; ACER SACCHARUM; BETULA ALLEGHANIENSIS; BETULA PAPYRIFERA; FAGUS; FAGUS GRANDIFOLIA; MALVACEAE; OSTRYA VIRGINIANA; PINUS STROBUS; QUERCUS; QUERCUS RUBRA; SACCHARUM HYBRID CULTIVAR; TILIA AMERICANA;

EID: 19544386301     PISSN: 10955674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3159/1095-5674(2005)132[90:ECOCCA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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