A statistical method for idiographic analyses in biogeographical research

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 836-844

  Fattorini, Simone ^a,b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Characteristic species; Cluster analysis; Coleoptera Tenebrionidae; Greece; Medoid algorithms; Species distribution

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISPERSAL; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

AEGEAN ISLANDS; ANATOLIA; ASIA; BALKAN; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TURKEY; TURKMENISTAN; WEST ASIA;

COLEOPTERA; TENEBRIONIDAE;

EID: 35448961664     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2007.00400.x     Document Type: Article

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