The influence of sampling intensity on vegetation classification and the implications for environmental management

Environmental Conservation

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 118-127

  Cooper, A ^a   Mccann, T ^a   Bunce, R G H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Countryside survey; Data balance; DCA; Environment policy; Grassland; Sample design; TWINSPAN

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LAND USE; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; RANDOM PROCESSES;

COUNTRYSIDE SURVEY; DATA-BALANCE; ENVIRONMENT POLICY; SAMPLE DESIGN;

VEGETATION;

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; ANALYTICAL METHOD; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DATABASE; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; EUTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; GRASSLAND; HABITAT STRUCTURE; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; NUMERICAL METHOD; SAMPLING; VEGETATION CLASSIFICATION;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EUTROPHIA; GRASSLAND; NONHUMAN; RANDOM SAMPLE; UNITED KINGDOM; VEGETATION;

E I S; ECOLOGY; LAND USE; PLANTS; RANDOM PROCESSES;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN IRELAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33747832748     PISSN: 03768929     EISSN: 14694387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0376892906002967     Document Type: Article

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