Principal components analysis and trend-surface analysis of a small-scale pattern in a transitional mire

Principal components analysis and trend surface analysis have been applied to a transition mire with the aim to characterize the vegetation pattern and reveal the major trends of variation. The first three PCA axes were ecologically interpretable, viz. the 1 st and 2nd as a complex soil moisture gra...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Mucina, Ladislav, Polacik, S.
Format: Journal Article
Published: 1982
Online Access:http://www.jstor.org/stable/20037077
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/11937