The importance of scaling of multivariate analysis in ecological studies

Ecoscience

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 522-526

  Peres Neto, P R ^a   Jackson, D A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Community analysis; Multivariate analysis; Null models; Numerical ecology; Scaling

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SCALE EFFECT;

EID: 0035670028     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11956860.2001.11682683     Document Type: Article

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