A spatially explicit measure of beta diversity

Community Ecology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 41-46

  Bacaro, G ^a   Ricotta, Carlo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Multivariate semivariogram; Semivariance; Spatial autocorrelation; Species complementarity

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPLEMENTARITY; DATA SET; PIEDMONT; PLANT COMMUNITY;

EID: 34447578782     PISSN: 15858553     EISSN: 15882756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/ComEc.8.2007.1.6     Document Type: Article

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