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5-1979
Two Basic Methodological Choices in Wildland Vegetation Two Basic Methodological Choices in Wildland Vegetation
Inventories: Their Consequences and Implications Inventories: Their Consequences and Implications
Donald Alan Shute
Utah State University
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Consequences and Implications" (1979).
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ABSTRACT ..
INTRODUCTION
METHODS ...
Scope of study
Study area . .
Study design.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Data collection, reduction, and analysis
RESULTS ..
Using vegetation X's to predict production
Comparison of regression models including
vegetation, soil, and environmental data.
DISCUSSION AND IMPLICATIONS FOR VEGETATION INVENTORY
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