Transformation of cover-abundance values for appropriate numerical treatment - Alternatives to the proposals by Podani

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 767-770

  Van Der Maarel, Eddy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biomass; Biovolume; Geometrical series; Logarithmic scale; Metric scale; Optimum transformation

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; DOMINANCE; DUNE; EQUATION; VEGETATION COVER;

EID: 34848813504     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1658/1100-9233(2007)18[767:TOCVFA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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