A general model for analyzing Taylor's spatial scaling laws

Ecology

Volumn 89, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2612-2622

  Engen, Steinar ^a   Lande, Russell ^a,b   Sæther, Bernt Erik ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Covariance function; Migration; Point process; Population counts; Population density; Population dynamics; Taylor's spatial scaling law

Indexed keywords

COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; MIGRATION; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION ESTIMATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 54549107999     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/07-1529.1     Document Type: Article

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