Vegetation patterns in a calcareous sloping fen of southwestern Massachusetts, USA

Wetlands

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 514-528

  Picking, Deborah J ^a   Veneman, Peter L M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Indicator species analysis; Indirect gradient analysis; Non metric multidimensional scaling; Spatial patterns; Species richness; Species turn over

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FEN; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES RICHNESS; VEGETATION; WETLAND;

MASSACHUSETTS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CAREX INTERIOR;

EID: 25144493644     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1672/0277-5212(2004)024[0514:VPIACS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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