Vegetation description and data analysis [[electronic resource] ] : a practical approach / / Martin Kent

• Autore: Kent M. <1950->
• Pubblicazione: Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; ; Hoboken, NJ, : John Wiley & Sons, c2012
• Edizione: 2nd ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (438 p.)
• Disciplina: 581.7
• Soggetto topico: Plant ecology; Plant communities; Vegetation surveys; Plant ecology - Data processing; Plant communities - Data processing; Vegetation surveys - Data processing
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: KentM. <1950->
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Vegetation description and data analysis
• ISBN: 1-119-96239-0; 1-283-33773-8; 9786613337733; 1-119-94478-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910457535403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II