Species assemblages and indicator species: The need for a flexible asymmetrical approach

Ecological Monographs

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 345-366

  Dufrêne, Marc ^a   Legendre, Pierre ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Belgium; Carabid beetles; Core eurytopic species; Ecological breadth; Indicator species; Multivariate analysis; Patch size; Satellite stenotopic species; Species assemblages; TWINSPAN

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRICAL APPROACH; INDICATOR SPECIES; SPECIES ASSEMBLAGE;

EID: 0031284508     PISSN: 00129615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2963459     Document Type: Article

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