A null model for detecting nonrandom patterns of species richness along spatial gradients

Ecology

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1143-1149

  Veech, Joseph A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Nonindependent estimates of species richness; Nonrandom pattern; Null model; Power analysis; Randomization of data; Rapoport's rule; Spatial gradient; Species richness

Indexed keywords

DETECTION METHOD; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES RICHNESS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033946649     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2000)081[1143:ANMFDN]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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