Quantification of the intra-plot correlation in plant abundance data: A possible test of the neutral theory

Ecological Complexity

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 64-69

  Damgaard, Christian ^a   Ejrnæs, Rasmus ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Grassland; Intra plot correlation; Multinomial distribution; Multivariate P lya Eggenbegger distribution; Pin point; Plant cover; Spatial covariance; Test of neutral theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 58349092557     PISSN: 1476945X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecocom.2008.10.008     Document Type: Article

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