Species associations: The Kendall coefficient of concordance revisited

Journal of Agricultural, Biological, and Environmental Statistics

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 226-245

  Legendre, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

A posteriori tests; Environmental studies; Kendall W; Oribatid mites; Permutation test; Power; Simulation study; Species associations; Type I error

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ACARI; ORIBATIDA;

EID: 22244453399     PISSN: 10857117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/108571105X46642     Document Type: Article

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