Null models and spatial patterns of species richness in South American birds of prey

Ecology Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 47-55

  Felizola Diniz Filho, José Alexandre ^a   Ramos De Sant'Ana, Carlos Eduardo ^b,c   De Souza, Márcia Christianne ^a   Rangel, Thiago F L V B ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^b Centro Federal de Educacao Tecnologica CEFET GO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Falconiformes; Geostatistics; Null models; South America; Species richness; Strigiformes; Variograms

Indexed keywords

GEOSTATISTICS; HABITAT TYPE; HETEROGENEITY; RAPTOR; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

SOUTH AMERICA;

AVES; FALCONIFORMES; RAPTORES; STRIGIFORMES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036166220     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-0248.2002.00289.x     Document Type: Article

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