Towards an integrated computational tool for spatial analysis in macroecology and biogeography

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 321-327

  Rangel, Thiago Fernando L V B ^a   Diniz Filho, José Alexandre Felizola ^a   Bini, Luis Mauricio ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Macroecology; Modelling; SAM; Software; Spatial autocorrelation; Spatial statistics; Statistical package

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION; BIODIVERSITY; BIOGEOGRAPHY; MACROECOLOGY; SOFTWARE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL APPLICATION;

EID: 33745589229     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-822X.2006.00237.x     Document Type: Article

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