Spatial autocorrelation and red herrings in geographical ecology

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 53-64

  Diniz Filho, José Alexandre Felizola ^a   Bini, Luis Mauricio ^a   Hawkins, Bradford A ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Birds; Generalized least squares; Latitudinal gradients; Multiple regression; Palearctic; Spatial autocorrelation; Species richness

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION; BIOGEOGRAPHY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; SPECIES RICHNESS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; BIRD; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

AVES; CLUPEA HARENGUS; CLUPEIDAE;

AFRICA; ASIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; MIDDLE EAST; NORTH AFRICA; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 0037277941     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1466-822X.2003.00322.x     Document Type: Article

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