EcoVeg: A new approach to vegetation description and classification

Ecological Monographs

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 533-561

  Faber Langendoen, Don ^a   Keeler Wolf, Todd ^b   Meidinger, Del ^c,k   Tart, Dave ^d   Hoagland, Bruce ^e   Josse, Carmen ^a   Navarro, Gonzalo ^f   Ponomarenko, Serguei ^g   Saucier, Jean Pierre ^h   Weakley, Alan ⁱ   Comer, Patrick ^j  

^a NATURESERVE   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

^c RESEARCH BRANCH   (Canada)

^d USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^f Bolivian Catholic University 'San Pablo'   (Bolivia)

^g PARKS CANADA   (Canada)

^h MINISTÈRE DES RESSOURCES NATURELLES ET DE LA FAUNE   (Canada)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^j NureServe   (United States)

^k NONE   (Canada)

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Author keywords

Biogeography; Canadian National Vegetation Classification; Cultural vegetation; Ecosystem; Floristics; Growth form; International Vegetation Classification; Natural vegetation; Novel ecosystem; Ruderal vegetation; U.S. National Vegetation Classification; Vegetation type

Indexed keywords

BIOCLIMATOLOGY; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CLASSIFICATION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DISTURBANCE; FLORA; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

CANADA; LATIN AMERICA;

EID: 84908274589     PISSN: 00129615     EISSN: 15577015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/13-2334.1     Document Type: Review

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