A test for community change using a null model approach

Ecological Applications

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1761-1771

  Schaefer, Jacob ^a,d   Gido, Keith ^b   Smith, Melinda ^c,e  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

^d University of Southern Mississippi   (United States)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community dynamics; Disturbance; Null model; Population variability; Simulation; Statistical method

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DISTURBANCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 26044462850     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/04-1490     Document Type: Article

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