EcoPlant: A forest site database linking floristic data with soil and climate variables

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 257-260

  Gégout, Jean Claude ^a   Coudun, Christophe ^a   Bailly, Gilles ^b   Jabiol, Bernard ^a  

^a LERFoB   (France)

^b PHYTOLAB   (France)

Author keywords

Field survey; France; Geographical Information System; Niche; Nutrient availability; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; FLORISTICS; FOREST; GIS; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHYTOSOCIOLOGY; VEGETATION MAPPING;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 20644452032     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2005.tb02363.x     Document Type: Article

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