Can the biotic nestedness matrix be used predictively?

Oikos

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 433-444

  Maron, Martine ^a   Mac Nally, Ralph ^a   Watson, David M ^b   Lill, Alan ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; MODELING; NESTEDNESS; PATCH USE; PREDICTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ALLOCASUARINA; AVES;

EID: 4043099806     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2004.13199.x     Document Type: Article

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