A null model for randomization tests of nestedness in species assemblages

Oecologia

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 309-313

  Jonsson, Bengt Gunnar ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Bootstrapping; Community structure; Nested subsets

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; NESTEDNESS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0035027018     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420000601     Document Type: Article

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