Braun-Blanquet's legacy and data analysis in vegetation science

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 113-117

  Podani, János ^a  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Abundance dominance data; Clustering; Non metric Multidimensional Scaling; OrdCIan methods; Ordinal scale; Ordination; Phytosociology

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORDINATION; PHYTOSOCIOLOGY;

EID: 33644523730     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1658/1100-9233(2006)017[0113:BLADAI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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