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Fidelity and diagnostic species concepts in vegetation classification in the Rocky Mountains, northern Utah, USA
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Fidelity and diagnostic species concepts in vegetation classification in the Rocky Mountains, northern Utah, USA |
| Creator | Van Miegroet, Helga Kusbach, Antonin Long, James N Shultz, Leila M |
| Description | The concepts of diagnostic species and fidelity have been used frequently in European phytosociology but rarely in North American vegetation classification. We developed a classification of the vegetation of a mountainous area of northern Utah and compared the diagnostic species approach with the indicator-species approach of habitat type classification sensu Daubenmire prevailing in the U.S. Interior West. A total of 157 forest and nonforested plots were described by vascular plants and... |
| Date | 2012-08-01T07:00:00Z |
| Type | text |
| Identifier | http://works.bepress.com/helga_vanmiegroet/61 http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/abs/10.1139/b2012-033#.VFf0c4f06Dg |
| Source | Helga Van Miegroet |
| Publisher | SelectedWorks |
| Subject | Earth Sciences Environmental Sciences Life Sciences |
