Methods for testing texture convergence using abundance data: A randomisation test and a method for comparing the shape of distributions

Community Ecology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 57-66

  Wilson, J B ^a   Smith, B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Character distributions; Community structure; Convergence; Functional characters

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONVERGENCE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0034934128     PISSN: 15858553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/ComEc.2.2001.1.7     Document Type: Article

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