The distance decay of similarity in biogeography and ecology

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 867-878

  Nekola, Jeffrey C ^a,b   White, Peter S ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN GREEN BAY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d University of North Carolina ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Biological diversity; Boreal forest; Distance decay; Similarity; Spatial dependence

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CANADA; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FIR; FOREST; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MODEL; NORTH AMERICA; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPRUCE; UNITED STATES;

BIOGEOGRAPHY; DISTANCE-DECAY RELATIONSHIP; ECOLOGY; PLANT COMMUNITY; SIMILARITY INDEX;

NORTH AMERICA;

ABIES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; PICEA; PICEA GLAUCA; PICEA MARIANA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 0033404204     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2699.1999.00305.x     Document Type: Article

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