Distinguishing area and habitat heterogeneity effects: A simulation test of the MacNally and Watson (1997) protocol

Austral Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 8-15

  Mc Guinness, Keith A ^a  

^a CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diversity; Habitat heterogeneity; Multi scale sampling; Species area

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FACTOR ANALYSIS; HETEROGENEITY; SAMPLING; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 0343294013     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-9993.2000.01017.x     Document Type: Article

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