Quadrat size dependence, spatial autocorrelation and the classification of community data

Community Ecology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 117-127

  Podani, J ^a   Csontos, P ^b  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Clusterogram; Grasslands; Sampling; Variogram

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; GRASSLAND; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; THEORETICAL STUDY; VARIOGRAM; VEGETATION;

EID: 33746345003     PISSN: 15858553     EISSN: 15882756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/ComEc.7.2006.1.12     Document Type: Article

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