Vegetation Description and Data Analysis: A Practical ApproachVegetation Description and Data Analysis: A PracticalApproach, Second Edition is a fully revised and up-datededition of this key text. The book takes account of recent advancesin the field whilst retaining the original reader-friendly approachto the coverage of vegetation description and multivariate analysisin the context of vegetation data and plant ecology. Since the publication of the hugely popular first edition therehave been significant developments in computer hardware andsoftware, new key journals have been established in the field andscope and application of vegetation description and analysis hasbecome a truly global field. This new edition includes fullcoverage of new developments and technologies. This contemporary and comprehensive edition of this well-known andrespected textbook will prove invaluable to undergraduate andgraduate students in biological sciences, environmental science,geography, botany, agriculture, forestry and biologicalconservation. * Fully international approach * Includes illustrative case studies throughout * Now with new material on: the nature of plant communities;transitional areas between plant communities; induction anddeduction of plant ecology; diversity indices and dominancediversity curves; multivariate analysis in ecology. * Accessible, reader-friendly style * Now with new and improved illustrations |
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Vegetation Description and Data Analysis: A Practical Approach Martin Kent No preview available - 2011 |
Vegetation Description and Data Analysis: A Practical Approach Martin Kent No preview available - 2011 |
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abundance applied approach axes axis beta diversity CA/RA calculated canonical correspondence analysis Chapter clustering Community Ecology component correspondence analysis Dartmoor data analysis data-set dendrogram described dissimilarity distribution diversity diversity indices dominant ecologists eigenvector environmental factors environmental gradients environmental/biotic data environmental/biotic variables example Figure floristic forest gradient analysis grassland groups Gutter Tor habitat hypothesis important indicator Journal of Vegetation Kent kind permission Landscape Ecology Legendre matrix McCune and Grace measures multidimensional scaling number of species numerical classification ordination diagram ordination methods ordination plot package PC-ORD phytosociology plant communities plant ecology plant species points principal component analysis problems pseudospecies quadrat ordination quadrats Redrawn regression relationship relevés samples scale scores soil spatial species composition species data species richness species/variables standardised statistical successional Table techniques TWINSPAN values variance variation Vegetation Classification vegetation data vegetation description Vegetation Science vegetation types