Effects of different fidelity measures and contexts on the determination of diagnostic species

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 130-137

  Willner, Wolfgang ^a   Tichý, Lubomír ^b   Chytrý, Milan ^b  

^a Vienna Institute for Nature Conservation and Analyses   (Austria)

^b MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Beech forest; Central Europe; Cover abundance; Dwarf shrub vegetation; Phytosociology; Vegetation classification

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CLASSIFICATION; DECIDUOUS FOREST; MATE FIDELITY; PHYTOSOCIOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TAXONOMY; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE;

FAGUS;

EID: 70249089974     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2009.05390.x     Document Type: Article

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