Classification of local- and landscape-scale ecological types in the southern Appalachian Mountains
- 1 January 1996
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
- Vol. 39 (1) , 215-229
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00396146
Abstract
Five local ecological types based on vegetative communities and two landscape types based on groups of communities, were identified by integrating landform, soil, and vegetation components using multivariate techniques. Elevation and several topographic and soil variables were highly correlated with types of both scales. Landscape ecological types based only on landform and soil variables without vegetation did not correspond with types developed using vegetation. Models developed from these relationships could allow classification and mapping of extensive areas using geographic information systems.Keywords
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