Spatial partitioning of environmental correlates of avian biodiversity in the conterminous United States

Biodiversity Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 97-110

  O'Connor, Raymond J ^a   Jones, Malcolm T ^a   White, Denis ^b   Hunsaker, Carolyn ^c   Loveland, T O M ^d   Jones, Bruce ^e   Preston, Eric ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d EARTH RESOURCES OBSERVATION AND SCIENCE EROS CENTER   (United States)

^e U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; CART; Environmental correlates; Hierarchical model; Landscape ecology; Spatial partitioning

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002989160     PISSN: 09679952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2999723     Document Type: Article

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