Mantel and partial Mantel tests suggest some factors that may control the local distribution of Aster laurentianus at Îles de la Madeleine, Québec

Plant Ecology

Volumn 164, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 19-27

  Reynolds, Christina E ^a   Houle, Gilles ^a  

^a CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aster laurentianus; les de la Madeleine; Mantel test; Partial Mantel test; Salt marsh; Spatial pattern

Indexed keywords

HALOPHYTE; LITTER; MICROTOPOGRAPHY; POPULATION DENSITY; SALINITY; SALTMARSH; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

CANADA;

ASTER;

EID: 0037287259     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021213720355     Document Type: Article

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