Rapid plant diversity assessment using a pixel nested plot design: A case study in Beaver Meadows, Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, USA

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 379-388

  Kalkhan, Mohammed A ^a   Stafford, Evan J ^a   Stohlgren, Thomas J ^b  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b FORT COLLINS SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Geospatial information; Landscape assessment; Modified Whittaker nested plot design; Multiscale field sampling; Pixel nested plot design; Plant diversity; Species overlap; Species richness

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LANDSCAPE PROTECTION; PIXEL; SAMPLING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; THEMATIC MAPPING;

COLORADO; NORTH AMERICA; ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34250324675     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2007.00333.x     Document Type: Article

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