Species presence/absence sometimes represents a plant community as well as species abundances do, or better

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1013-1023

  Bastow Wilson, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Abundance scales; Analysis stability; Assembly rule; Community structure; Data quality; Environmental correlation; Recording errors; Survey; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ASSEMBLY RULE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; DATA QUALITY; DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ERROR ANALYSIS; HABITAT TYPE; ORDINATION; PLANT COMMUNITY; SAMPLING; VEGETATION TYPE;

EID: 84869085549     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: 16541103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2012.01430.x     Document Type: Article

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