Modelling abiotic indicators when obtaining spatial predictions of species richness

Environmental and Ecological Statistics

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 257-276

  Carroll, Steven S ^a,b,c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioindicators; Birds; Geostatistics; Species inventory; Tiger beetles; Universal kriging

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; MODELING; RESERVE DESIGN; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EID: 0032464714     PISSN: 13528505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009625520502     Document Type: Article

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