Linking the concept of scale to studies of biological diversity: Evolving approaches and tools

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 229-235

  Beever, Erik A ^a,b   Swihart, Robert K ^c   Bestelmeyer, Brandon T ^d  

^a FOREST AND RANGELAND ECOSYSTEM SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b Great Lakes Science Center   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity conservation; Biological invasions; Extent; Future challenges; Modelling; Publication chronology; Resolution

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; KRIGING;

EID: 33646238253     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1366-9516.2006.00260.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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