A conceptual framework for selecting and analyzing stressor data to study species richness at large spatial scales

Environmental Management

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 247-257

  Wickham, James D ^a   Jianguo, Wu ^b   Bradford, David F ^c  

^a TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY WEST   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic impacts; Biodiversity; Environmental gradients; Geographic information systems; Hierarchy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HYPOTHESIS; POLLUTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STRESS;

DATA REDUCTION; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; LAND USE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURFACE WATERS; TREES (MATHEMATICS);

LARGE SPATIAL SCALES; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; SPATIAL SCALE; SPECIES RICHNESS; STRESSOR DATA;

EID: 0030771467     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002679900024     Document Type: Article

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