Mapping continuous fields of forest alpha and beta diversity

Applied Vegetation Science

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 429-439

  Feilhauer, Hannes ^a   Schmidtlein, Sebastian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diversity gradients; Diversity maps; Kyrgyzstan; Partial least squares regression; Predictive mapping; Species turnover; Walnut fruit forests

Indexed keywords

JUGLANS;

EID: 77949472930     PISSN: 14022001     EISSN: 1654109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-109X.2009.01037.x     Document Type: Article

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