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Matrix Cluster Analysis of Montane Forest Vegetation of the Oregon Cascades
Author(s) -
West Neil E.
Publication year - 1966
Publication title -
ecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.144
H-Index - 294
eISSN - 1939-9170
pISSN - 0012-9658
DOI - 10.2307/1935645
Subject(s) - vegetation (pathology) , ordination , ecology , montane ecology , geography , vegetation classification , environmental science , physical geography , biology , medicine , pathology
Cluster analyses of matrices of coefficients of similarity have yielded dendrograms graphically illustrating synecological affinities in montane forest vegetation on the east flank of the central Oregon Cascades. Vegetation patterns of more continuous variability then unit—association have been divided into operational synecological units. Knowledge of areal representation and environmental gradients associated with stands allows theoretical interpretations on vegetation distribution as well as extension of the information for land management.