A comparison of six methods to detect altitudinal belts of vegetation in tropical mountains

Ecotropica

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-13

  Bach, Kerstin ^a   Robbert Gradstein, S ^b  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Altitudinal zonation; Andes; Bolivia; Cluster analysis; DCA; Ordination; Parsimony analysis; Phytosociology; Species turnover; Vegetation structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054712748     PISSN: 09493026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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