Estimating the effect of the similarity coefficient and the cluster algorithm on biogeographic classifications

Annales Botanici Fennici

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 415-421

  Murguía, Miguel ^a   Villaseñor, José Luis ^b  

^a Asoc Biologos Amigos de la Comp   (Mexico)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE ZOOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Asteraceae; Cluster analyses; Null models; Quantitative biogeography; Similarity coefficients

Indexed keywords

ASTERACEAE;

EID: 0346966055     PISSN: 00033847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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