Null models of North American prairie duck communities: Local habitat conditions and temporal scale influence community patterns

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 913-932

  Osnas, Erik E ^a,b   Ankney, C Davison ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community structure; Null model; Randomization test; Species co existence; Waterfowl

Indexed keywords

ANAS; ANAS SP.; ANATIDAE; ANSER; AVES; AYTHYA;

EID: 2542497307     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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