Scales of spatial patterns of distribution of intertidal invertebrates

Oecologia

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 212-224

  Underwood, A J ^a   Chapman, M G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fractal; Intertidal; Scale; Spatial pattern; Variance

Indexed keywords

BARNACLE; ECOLOGICAL DISTRIBUTION; INTERTIDAL ZONE; POPULATION DENSITY; SNAIL; SPATIAL PATTERN;

CIRRIPEDIA; GASTROPODA;

EID: 0029669514     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00327905     Document Type: Article

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