Null model analysis of communities on gradients

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 879-883

  Sanderson, James G ^a,b,c  

^a Betty and Gordon Moore Center for Science and Oceans   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c IUCN Cat Specialist Group   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Checkerboard; Community ecology; Gradient; Incidence matrix; Null model

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; GRADIENT ANALYSIS; HERPETOFAUNA; RANGE SIZE; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AMPHIBIA; AVES; REPTILIA;

EID: 2542494418     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2004.01054.x     Document Type: Article

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