Measuring Plant Diversity [[electronic resource] ] : Lessons from the Field
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| Autore: |
Stohlgren Thomas J
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| Titolo: |
Measuring Plant Diversity [[electronic resource] ] : Lessons from the Field
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| Pubblicazione: | Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2007 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (408 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 581.7 |
| Soggetto topico: | Botany -- Methodology |
| Plant diversity | |
| Botany | |
| Earth & Environmental Sciences | |
| Botany - General | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Contents; Foreword; PART I: THE PAST AND PRESENT; 1. Introduction; 2. History and Background, Baggage and Direction; 3. A Frameworkfor the Design of Plant Diversity Studies; PART II: AN EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH TO SAMPLING; 4. Single-Scale Sampling; 5. Multiscale Sampling; 6. Comparing Multiscale Sampling Designs: Taking an Experimental Approach; 7. Case Study: Comparing Rangeland Vegetation Sampling Techniques; PART III: SCALING TO LANDSCAPES; 8. Case Study on Multiphase and Multiscale Sampling |
| 9. Case Study: Designing a Monitoring Program for Assessing Patterns of Plant Diversity in Forests Nationwide10. Case Study: Patterns of Plant Invasions in Forests and Grasslands; 11. Case Study: Evaluating the Effects of Grazing and Soil Characteristics on Plant Diversity; 12. Case Study: Assessments of Plant Diversity in Arid Landscapes; PART IV: MODELING PATTERNS OF PLANT DIVERSITY; 13. Nonspatial Statistical Modeling of Plant Diversity; 14. Spatial Analysis and Modeling; PART V: MONITORING PLANT DIVERSITY; 15. Concepts for Assessing Temporal Changes in Plant Diversity | |
| 16. Case Study: Monitoring Shifts in Plant Diversity in Response to Climate ChangePART VI: RESEARCH NEEDS; 17. Case Study: Testing a Nested-Intensity Sampling Design; 18. Quantifying Trends in Space and Time; Glossary; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; P; Q; R; S; V; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Presenting sampling approaches, designs and field techniques for measuring plant diversity, this book lays out a range of methods for mapping and measuring species diversity. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Measuring Plant Diversity |
| ISBN: | 0-19-988380-7 |
| 1-4356-3049-1 | |
| 1-281-15647-7 | |
| 9786611156473 | |
| 0-19-972143-2 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910792266403321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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