Predictive occurrence models for coastal wetland plant communities: Delineating hydrologic response surfaces with multinomial logistic regression

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 118, Issue , 2013, Pages 11-23

  Snedden, Gregg A ^a   Steyer, Gregory D ^a  

^a NATIONAL WETLANDS RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Community composition; Ecological zonation; Hydrology; Vegetation cover; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

COASTAL WETLAND; PLANT COMMUNITY; STRESS; ZONATION;

EID: 84873128783     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2012.12.002     Document Type: Article

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