Biodiversity indicators: Graphical techniques, smoothing and searching for what makes relationships work

Ecography

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 551-560

  Williams, P H ^a   Gaston, K J ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; BIODIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EID: 0031728914     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.1998.tb00447.x     Document Type: Review

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