Environmental control and spatial structures in peatland vegetation

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 878-890

  Andersen, R ^a,d   Poulin, M ^a,b   Borcard, D ^c   Laiho, R ^b   Laine, J ^b,e   Vasander, H ^b   Tuittila, E T ^b  

^a CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^e FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Peatland ecology; Principal coordinates of neighbour matrices (PCNM); Spatial autocorrelation; Spatial dependence processes; Variation partitioning; Vegetation structures

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; MOSS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OMBROTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PEATLAND; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL VARIATION; VARIANCE ANALYSIS; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

FINLAND; LAKKASUO MIRE; LANSI SUOMEN;

SPHAGNUM;

EID: 80052275612     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: 16541103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2011.01295.x     Document Type: Article

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