Information-theoretic approach for selection of spatial and temporal models of community organization

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 253, Issue , 2003, Pages 17-24

  Godinez Dominguez E ^a,b   Freire, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Akaike's information criterion; Canonical correspondence analysis; Community dynamics; Marine benthic communities; Model selection; Parsimony; Spatial models; Temporal models

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; CANONICAL ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION; ECOLOGICAL MODELING;

EID: 17044441420     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps253017     Document Type: Article

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