Increasing the utility of Indicator Species Analysis

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1829-1835

  Bakker, Jonathan D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Arizona (USA); Coconino National Forest; Grazing; Hill plots; Meta analysis; Permutation tests; Ponderosa pine forests

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONIFEROUS FOREST; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GRAZING; META-ANALYSIS; SPECIES INVENTORY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; TAXONOMY; TYPOLOGY;

ARIZONA; COCONINO NATIONAL FOREST; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

PINUS PONDEROSA;

EID: 54349094825     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2008.01571.x     Document Type: Article

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