Parsimony analysis of ecological succession, a powerful tool for interpreting changes in community structure

Cladistics

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 746-757

  Wenzel, John W ^a   Luque, Gloria M ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANT; BIRD; BUTTERFLY; CLADISTICS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; SUCCESSION; TIME SERIES;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

AVES; FORMICIDAE; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 52949141094     PISSN: 07483007     EISSN: 10960031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-0031.2008.00215.x     Document Type: Article

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