Vegetation patterns 25 years after the eruption of Mount St. Helens, Washington, USA

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 92, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1948-1956

  Del Moral, Roger ^a   Lacher, Iara L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Canonical correspondence analysis; Detrended correspondence analysis; Lupinus lepidus; Mount St. Helens; Primary succession; Vegetation dynamics; Vegetation structure

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ORDINATION; PLANT COMMUNITY; PRIMARY SUCCESSION; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

CASCADE RANGE; MOUNT SAINT HELENS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

BRYOPHYTA; LUPINUS; LUPINUS LEPIDUS;

EID: 32044454705     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: 00029122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.92.12.1948     Document Type: Review

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