Vegetation and Soils

Sammy L. King; Mark Eisenbies; David Gartner

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Vegetation and Soils

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Sammy L. King, Mark Eisenbies, David Gartner

Year:

2000

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Southern Research Station

Source:

In: Gen. Tech. Rep. SRS-38. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Research Station. p. 23-28.

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Abstract

Characterization of bottomland hardwood vegetation in relatively undisturbed forests can provide critical information for developing effective wetland creation and restoration techniques and for assessing the impacts of management and development. Classification is a useful technique in characterizing vegetation because it summarizes complex data sets, assists in hypothesis generation about factors influencing community variation, and helps refine models of community structure. Hierarchical classification of communities is particularly useful for showing relationships among samples (Gauche 1982).

Parent Publication

The Coosawhatchie Bottomland Ecosystem Study: A Report on the Development of a Reference Wetland

Citation

Burke, Marianne K.; King, Sammy L.; Eisenbies, Mark H.; Gartner, David. 2000. Vegetation and Soils. In: Gen. Tech. Rep. SRS-38. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Research Station. p. 23-28.