Using multivariate analyses to assess effects of fluvial type on plant species distribution in a Mediterranean river

Wetlands

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 167-177

  Angiolini, Claudia ^a   Nucci, Alessia ^b   Frignani, Flavio ^a   Landi, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Ellenberg indicator values; Floristic assemblages; Functional groups; Morphology; Riparian vegetation; River classification

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; BIOINDICATOR; CANONICAL ANALYSIS; CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; ELEVATION; FLORISTICS; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GIS; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MORPHOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; SOFTWARE;

EID: 79952005271     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: 19436246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13157-010-0118-7     Document Type: Article

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