Modelling oldfield species richness in a mountain area

Plant Ecology

Volumn 166, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 249-261

  Gutiérrez Teira, Alfonso ^a   Peco, Begoña ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Generalized Linear Models; Montane Spain; Poisson regression

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; OLD FIELD; SPECIES RICHNESS; VASCULAR PLANT;

SPAIN;

TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 0038737954     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023200517564     Document Type: Article

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