Some general propositions about the study of spatial patterns of species richness

Ecoscience

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 392-399

  Currie, David J ^a   Francis, Anthony P ^a   Kerr, Jeremy T ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diversity; Hypothesis testing; Spatial patterns; Species richness

Indexed keywords

HYPOTHESIS TESTING; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EID: 0033491747     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11956860.1999.11682541     Document Type: Article

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