Ecological species groups of South Carolina's Jocassee Gorges, southern Appalachian Mountains

Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 220-231

  Abella, Scott R ^a,b   Shelburne, Victor B ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Canonical correlation; Ecosystem classification; Ground flora; Mantel test; Vegetation distribution

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES INVENTORY; VEGETATION CLASSIFICATION;

JOCASSEE GORGES; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

COCCOIDEA; EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIA COROLLATA; HEXASTYLIS; HEXASTYLIS HETEROPHYLLA; MITCHELLA; MITCHELLA REPENS; PIPTOCHAETIUM; PIPTOCHAETIUM AVENACEUM; QUERCUS; QUERCUS COCCINEA; RHODODENDRON; RHODODENDRON MAXIMUM; SANGUINARIA; SMILAX; SMILAX ARISTOLOCHIIFOLIA; TSUGA; TSUGA CANADENSIS; VACCINIUM; VACCINIUM PALLIDUM; VITIS; VITIS SP.;

EID: 6344285674     PISSN: 10955674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4126952     Document Type: Article

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