Standards for associations and alliances of the U.S. National Vegetation Classification

Ecological Monographs

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 173-199

  Jennings, Michael D ^a,b   Faber Langendoen, Don ^c,g   Loucks, Orie L ^d   Peet, Robert K ^e   Roberts, David ^f  

^a THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^c NatureServe   (United States)

^d MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^f MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Floristic types; National standards; Plot data; U.S. National Vegetation Classification; Vegetation alliance; Vegetation association; Vegetation classification

Indexed keywords

DATA PROCESSING; DOCUMENTARY SOURCE; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; FLORISTICS; STANDARD (REFERENCE); VEGETATION CLASSIFICATION; VEGETATION TYPE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 66149100455     PISSN: 00129615     EISSN: 15577015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/07-1804.1     Document Type: Article

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