Vegetation description and data analysis : a practical approach - Kent, M., 1950-; Kent, M., 1950- (Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; Hoboken, NJ : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012)
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.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [371]-402) and index.
Catalography
Keywords: Plant ecology; Plant communities; Vegetation surveys; Plant ecology -- Data processing; Plant communities -- Data processing; Vegetation surveys -- Data processing