Patterns of spatial autocorrelation of assemblages of birds, floristics, physiognomy, and primary productivity in the central Great Basin, USA

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 236-243

  Fleishman, Erica ^a   Mac Nally, Ralph ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bayesian analysis; Biodiversity patterns; Dissimilarity measures; Great Basin; Semivariograms; Spatial scale

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; BIRD; FLORISTICS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; VEGETATION INDEX;

BASIN AND RANGE PROVINCE; GREAT BASIN; NEVADA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AVES;

EID: 33646241543     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1366-9516.2006.00240.x     Document Type: Article

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