Includes bibliographical references (p. [371]-402) and index.
Safety in the field -- The nature of quantitative plant ecology and vegetation science -- Environmental gradients, plant communities and vegetation dynamics -- The description of vegetation in the field -- The nature and properties of vegetation data -- Basic statistical methods for understanding multivariate analysis -- Ordination methods -- Phytosociology and the Zurich-Montpellier (Braun-Blanquet) School of subjective classification -- Numerical classification, cluster analysis and phytosociology -- Computer software for the analysis of vegetation and environmental/biotic data -- Future developments in vegetation science and quantitative plant ecology.