Does Ordinal Cover Estimation Offer Reliable Quality Data Structures in Vegetation Ecological Studies?

Folia Geobotanica

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 437-447

  Ricotta, Carlo ^a   Feoli, Enrico ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Braun Blanquet scale; Dissimilarity coefficients; Mantel test; Ordinal transformation; Species cover abundance

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DATA SET; ECOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYTOSOCIOLOGY; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; TRANSFORM; VEGETATION COVER;

ITALY; TUSCANY;

EID: 84891627881     PISSN: 12119520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12224-013-9152-6     Document Type: Article

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