To fix or not to fix the species limits, that is the ecological question: Response to Jari Oksanen

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 743-748

  Austin, M P ^a   Nicholls, A O ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Beta function; Environmental gradient; GAM; GLM; Species response curve

Indexed keywords

BETA-FUNCTION; RESPONSE FUNCTION; SKEWNESS; SPECIES LIMIT;

EID: 0031459041     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3237380     Document Type: Review

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