The distance decay of similarity in ecological communities

Ecography

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 3-12

  Soininen, Janne ^a   McDonald, Robert ^b   Hillebrand, Helmut ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AKAIKE INFORMATION CRITERION; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; META-ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

EID: 33847233325     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0906-7590.2007.04817.x     Document Type: Article

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