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FACTOR ANALYSIS AS A METHOD IN SYNECOLOGICAL RESEARCH
Author(s) -
Fresco L. F. M.
Publication year - 1969
Publication title -
acta botanica neerlandica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.871
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1438-8677
pISSN - 0044-5983
DOI - 10.1111/j.1438-8677.1969.tb00614.x
Subject(s) - bog , peat , floristics , geography , factor (programming language) , ecology , environmental science , computer science , archaeology , biology , species richness , programming language
SUMMARY Factor analysis of floristic data is employed to solve relations between vegetations and environmental characteristics. This paper pictures the inverse approach. By means of peat‐bog vegetations the validity of the technique has been demonstrated.