Vegetation Ecology: Historical Notes and Outline

Vegetation Ecology: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 1-27

  Van Der Maarel, Eddy ^a,c   Franklin, Janet ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Character taxa; Diagnostic taxa; Differential taxa; Dominance diversity curve; Leaf area index; Phytomass; Plant community; Plant unit; Stratification; Vegetation ecology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887221701     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118452592.ch1     Document Type: Chapter

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