Pluralism and diversity: Trends in the use and application of ordination methods 1990-2007

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 695-705

  Von Wehrden, Henrik ^a,b   Hanspach, Jan ^c   Bruelheide, Helge ^a   Wesche, Karsten ^d  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b Research Institute of Wildlife Ecology   (Austria)

^c HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Correspondence analysis; Detrended correspondence analysis; Non metric multidimensional scaling; Principal components analysis; Principal coordinates analysis; Reciprocal averaging; Redundancy analysis

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CANONICAL ANALYSIS; CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; SOFTWARE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 70249096675     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2009.01063.x     Document Type: Article

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