Modelling geographical patterns in species richness using eigenvector-based spatial filters

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 177-185

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

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^b PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DE GOIÁS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Eigenanalysis; Macroecology; South American birds; Spatial autocorrelation; Spatial filtering; Species richness

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION; AVIFAUNA; EIGENVALUE; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; MACROECOLOGY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 14844358016     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-822X.2005.00147.x     Document Type: Article

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