The pervasive influence of sampling and methodological artefacts on a macroecological pattern: The abundance-occupancy relationship

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 457-464

  Wilson, Peter D ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Abundance occupancy relationship; Classification and regression tree; Macroecology; Meta analysis

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CLASSIFICATION; CORRELATION; MACROECOLOGY; META-ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 44949196724     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2008.00385.x     Document Type: Article

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