A new method for detecting species associations with spatially autocorrelated data

Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 2180-2192

  Roxburgh, Stephen H ^a   Chesson, Peter ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Pattern analysis; Randomization test; Semivariograms; Spatial autocorrelation; Species association tests

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; METHODOLOGY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031671399     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1998)079[2180:ANMFDS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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