Testing the spatial phylogenetic structure of local communities: Statistical performances of different null models and test statistics on a locally neutral community

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 914-926

  Hardy, Olivier J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Community ecology; Neutral model; Null model; Phylogenetic structure; Randomization test; Simulation; Type I error rate

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; COEXISTENCE; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; MODELING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHYLOGENY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TESTING METHOD;

EID: 49649122320     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2008.01421.x     Document Type: Article

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