Relationships between taxonomic resolution and spatial scales of multivariate variation

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 636-646

  Anderson, Marti J ^a   Connell, Sean D ^b   Gillanders, Bronwyn M ^b   Diebel, Carol E ^c,d   Blom, Wilma M ^c   Saunders, Justine E ^a   Landers, Todd J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c AUCKLAND WAR MEMORIAL MUSEUM   (New Zealand)

^d MUSEUM OF NEW ZEALAND TE PAPA TONGAREWA   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Kelp holdfast assemblages; Marine invertebrates; Multi scale patterns; New Zealand

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; KELP FOREST; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AUSTRALASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NEW ZEALAND; WORLD;

ECKLONIA RADIATA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 23644449022     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2005.00959.x     Document Type: Article

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