Classification and description of alluvial plant communities of the Piedmont region, North Carolina, USA

Applied Vegetation Science

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 485-505

  Matthews, Elizabeth R ^a   Peet, Robert K ^a   Weakley, Alan S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Fluvial geomorphology; Ordination; Random forests; US National Vegetation Classification; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052459633     PISSN: 14022001     EISSN: 1654109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-109X.2011.01150.x     Document Type: Article

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