Preface to the second edition .................................. ix
Acknowledgements ............................................... xi
Safety in the field .......................................... xiii
Chapter 1 The nature of quantitative plant ecology and
vegetation science ................................ 1
Chapter 2 Environmental gradients, plant communities
and vegetation dynamics .............................. 23
Chapter 3 The description of vegetation in the field ........... 49
Chapter 4 The nature and properties of vegetation data ........ 101
Chapter 5 Basic statistical methods for understanding
multivariate analysis ............................... 139
Chapter 6 Ordination methods .................................. 171
Chapter 7 Phytosociology and the Zürich-Montpellier
(Braun-Blanquet) School of
subjective classification ........................... 273
Chapter 8 Numerical classification, cluster analysis and
phytosociology ...................................... 307
Chapter 9 Computer software for the analysis of vegetation
and environmental/biotic data ....................... 359
Chapter 10 Future developments in vegetation science and
quantitative plant ecology ......................... 369
References .................................................... 371
Index ......................................................... 403
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