A method for analysing spatial scales of variation in composition of assemblages

Oecologia

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 570-578

  Underwood, A J ^a   Chapman, M G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Assemblages; Hierarchy; Multivariate analyses; Spatial scale

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032423043     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050694     Document Type: Article

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