Surveying Southern Mongolia: Application of multivariate classification methods in drylands with low diversity and long floristic gradients

Applied Vegetation Science

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 561-570

  Wesche, Karsten ^a   Von Wehrden, Henrik ^b  

^a SENCKENBERG MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY GÖRLITZ   (Germany)

^b LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Multivariate statistics; Steppes; Temperate deserts; Validation; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052450128     PISSN: 14022001     EISSN: 1654109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-109X.2011.01148.x     Document Type: Article

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