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Record Nr.

UNINA9910959964003321

Titolo

Vegetation description and data analysis : a practical approach / / Martin Kent

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; ; Hoboken, NJ, : John Wiley & Sons, c2012

ISBN

9786613337733

9781119962397

1119962390

9781283337731

1283337738

9781119944782

1119944783

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (438 p.)

Collana

New York Academy of Sciences

Classificazione

471.7

Altri autori (Persone)

KentM. <1950->

Disciplina

581.7

Soggetti

Plant communities - Data processing

Plant communities

Plant ecology - Data processing

Plant ecology

Vegetation surveys - Data processing

Vegetation surveys

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

VEGETATION DESCRIPTIONAND DATA ANALYSIS; Contents; Preface to the second edition; Acknowledgements; Safety in the field; Chapter 1 The nature of quantitative plant ecology and vegetation science; Chapter 2 Environmental gradients, plant communities and vegetation dynamics; Chapter 3 The description of vegetation in the field; Chapter 4 The nature and properties of vegetation data; Chapter 5 Basic statistical methods for understanding multivariate analysis; Chapter 6 Ordination methods; Chapter 7 Phytosociology and the Zürich-Montpellier (Braun-Blanquet) School of subjective classification

Chapter 8 Numerical classification, cluster analysis and phytosociologyChapter 9 Computer software for the analysis of



vegetation and environmental/biotic data; Chapter 10 Future developments in vegetation science and quantitative plant ecology; References; Index; Color Plate

Sommario/riassunto

Vegetation Description and Data Analysis: A Practical Approach, Second Edition is a fully revised and up-dated edition of this key text. The book takes account of recent advances in the field whilst retaining the original reader-friendly approach to the coverage of vegetation description and multivariate analysis in the context of vegetation data and plant ecology. Since the publication of the hugely popular first edition there have been significant developments in computer hardware and software, new key journals have been established in the field and scope and application of vegetati