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percent cover

Scope: methodological

Papers: 2 | Mentions: 2

Local Knowledge Graph (Top 65 entities)

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Knowledge graph centered on percent cover with 65 nodes and 158 connections. Top connected: Gothic, Crested Butte, Ipomopsis aggregata, Potentilla, East River.

Definition

The percentage of ground area covered by a particular plant species when viewed from above

Related Terms (1)

coverage

Publications (2)

Effect of Nitrogen on Linaria vulgaris and Native Species

Vegetation and environmental patterns in the Crested Butte area, Gunnison County, Colorado

1962Ecological Monographs

Related Concepts (10)

vegetation composition

measurement2 shared papers

Invasive plants

phenomenon1 shared paper

Density

measurement1 shared paper

Seed Viability

phenomenon1 shared paper

Slope stability

phenomenon1 shared paper

Precipitation Variability

phenomenon1 shared paper

Hybridization / Introgression

phenomenon1 shared paper

competitive exclusion

process1 shared paper

Timberline

phenomenon1 shared paper

Succession

process1 shared paper

Frequently Associated Species

Festuca thurberi

Poaceae2 papers

Achillea millefolium

Asteraceae2 papers

Boechera stricta

Brassicaceae2 papers

Linum lewisii

Linaceae2 papers

Erigeron speciosus

Asteraceae2 papers

Taraxacum officinale

Asteraceae2 papers

Lathyrus lanszwertii var. leucanthus

Fabaceae2 papers

Ipomopsis aggregata

Polemoniaceae2 papers

Helianthella quinquenervis

Asteraceae2 papers

Vicia americana

Fabaceae2 papers