A Method for Mapping Vegetation Utilizing Multivariate Statistical Techniques
Mclendon T and Dahl BE. 1983. A Method for Mapping Vegetation Utilizing Multivariate Statistical Techniques. Journal of Range Management. 36(4):457-462
Principal component analysis and stepwise discriminant analysis were used to map the vegetation of a Ranch on the Texas Coastal Plains [USA] into 5 vegetion types based on relative frequency data of the major plant species. These 5 types were shown to be subdivisions of 2 plant communities previously reported for the area by researchers using conventional mapping techniques.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Mclendon, Terry; Dahl, Bill
- Units
- SODN
- Keywords
- Ecology (Plant), Methods (General Field), Statistics (Biometry Descriptive Mathematics)