Modified TWINSPAN classification in which the hierarchy respects cluster heterogeneity

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 596-602

  Roleček, Jan ^a,b   Tichý, Lubomír ^a   Zelený, David ^a   Chytrý, Milan ^a  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Compositional data analysis; Correspondence analysis; Dataset heterogeneity; Dissimilarity measures; Divisive classification; Heterogeneity measures; Hierarchical classification; Numerical classification; Plant community; Vegetation classification

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; HETEROGENEITY; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; HOMOGENEITY; TWINSPAN;

EID: 70249127270     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2009.01062.x     Document Type: Article

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