Vegetation, Description and Data Analysis - A Practical Approach 2e

Preface to the second edition ix Acknowledgements xi Safety in the field xiii Chapter 1 The nature of quantitative plant ecology and vegetation science 1 Chapter 2 Environmental gradients, plant communities and vegetation dynamics 23 Chapter 3 The description of vegetation in the field 49 Chapter 4 The nature and properties of vegetation data 101 Chapter 5 Basic statistical methods for understanding multivariate analysis 139 Chapter 6 Ordination methods 171 Chapter 7 Phytosociology and the Zurich-Montpellier (Braun-Blanquet) School of subjective classification 273 Chapter 8 Numerical classification, cluster analysis and phytosociology 307 Chapter 9 Computer software for the analysis of vegetation and environmental/biotic data 359 Chapter 10 Future developments in vegetation science and quantitative plant ecology 369 References 371 Index 403

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