A comparative analysis of nested subset patterns of species composition

Oecologia

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-20

  Wright, David H ^a   Patterson, Bruce D ^b   Mikkelson, Greg M ^c   Cutler, Alan ^d   Atmar, Wirt ^e  

^a U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^b FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^e AICS Research Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Beta diversity; Biogeography; Landscape ecology; Meta community structure; Nested subsets

Indexed keywords

NESTEDNESS; PRESENCE-ABSENCE DATA; SPECIES COMPOSITION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ARTHROPODA; MOLLUSCA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031955417     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050348     Document Type: Article

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