Data quality in monitoring plant species richness in Switzerland

Community Ecology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 135-143

  Plattner, M ^a   Birrer, S ^a   Weber, D ^a  

^a Hintermann and Weber SA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Baseline monitoring; Biodiversity; Data quality; Field methods; Reproductivity; Species richness; Switzerland; Vascular plants

Indexed keywords

DATA QUALITY; MONITORING; SPECIES RICHNESS; VASCULAR PLANT;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND;

TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 3142774881     PISSN: 15858553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/ComEc.5.2004.1.13     Document Type: Article

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