A consistent metric for nestedness analysis in ecological systems: Reconciling concept and measurement

Oikos

Volumn 117, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1227-1239

  Almeida Neto, Mário ^a   Guimarães, Paulo ^b   Guimarães Jr , Paulo R ^a,c   Loyola, Rafael D ^a   Ulrich, Werner ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b Galleria Office   (Brazil)

^c DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^d NICOLAUS COPERNICUS UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA SET; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ERROR ANALYSIS; METAPOPULATION; NESTEDNESS;

EID: 49249087447     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2008.16644.x     Document Type: Article

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