Vegetation description and data analysis : a practical approach /
Kent, M., 1950-
Vegetation description and data analysis : a practical approach / Martin Kent. - 2nd ed. - Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; Hoboken, NJ : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012. - xiv, 414 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 26 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [371]-402) and index.
Safety in the field -- The nature of quantitative plant ecology and vegetation science -- Environmental gradients, plant communities and ve getation dynamics -- The description of vegetation in the field -- The nature and properties of vegetation data -- Basic statistical methods f or understanding multivariate analysis -- Ordination methods -- Phytoso ciology and the Zurich-Montpellier (Braun-Blanquet) School of subjectiv e classification -- Numerical classification, cluster analysis and phyt osociology -- Computer software for the analysis of vegetation and envi ronmental/biotic data -- Future developments in vegetation science and quantitative plant ecology.
9780471490920 (cloth) 9780471490937 (paper) 0471490938 (paper)
Plant ecology.
Plant communities.
Vegetation surveys.
Plant ecology-- Data processing.
Plant communities-- Data processing.
Vegetation surveys-- Data processing.
581.7
Vegetation description and data analysis : a practical approach / Martin Kent. - 2nd ed. - Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; Hoboken, NJ : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012. - xiv, 414 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 26 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [371]-402) and index.
Safety in the field -- The nature of quantitative plant ecology and vegetation science -- Environmental gradients, plant communities and ve getation dynamics -- The description of vegetation in the field -- The nature and properties of vegetation data -- Basic statistical methods f or understanding multivariate analysis -- Ordination methods -- Phytoso ciology and the Zurich-Montpellier (Braun-Blanquet) School of subjectiv e classification -- Numerical classification, cluster analysis and phyt osociology -- Computer software for the analysis of vegetation and envi ronmental/biotic data -- Future developments in vegetation science and quantitative plant ecology.
9780471490920 (cloth) 9780471490937 (paper) 0471490938 (paper)
Plant ecology.
Plant communities.
Vegetation surveys.
Plant ecology-- Data processing.
Plant communities-- Data processing.
Vegetation surveys-- Data processing.
581.7