Conceptual hierarchical modeling to describe wetland plant community organization

Wetlands

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 55-65

  Little, Amanda M ^a   Guntenspergen, Glenn R ^b   Allen, Timothy F H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN STOUT   (United States)

^b PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal peatland; Microtopography; Patch size; Scale; Sedge meadow; Sphagnum

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FEN; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; MEADOW; MICROTOPOGRAPHY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATCH SIZE; PEATLAND; PLANT COMMUNITY; SEDGE; SHRUB; WATER CHEMISTRY;

MAINE; MOUNT DESERT ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

SPHAGNUM;

EID: 77951010685     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: 19436246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13157-009-0010-5     Document Type: Article

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