Assessing vegetation change using vegetation-plot databases: A risky business

Applied Vegetation Science

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 32-41

  Chytrý, Milan ^a   Tichý, Lubomír ^a   Hennekens, Stephan M ^b   Schaminée, Joop H J ^b  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Permanent plot; Phytosociological database; Plant community; Re visitation study; Relev ; Sampling bias; Species composition; Temporal trend

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890310697     PISSN: 14022001     EISSN: 1654109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/avsc.12050     Document Type: Article

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