Comparing species assemblages via species accumulation curves

Biometrics

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1063-1067

  Xuan Mao, Chang ^a   Li, Jun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Binomial mixtures; Species richness

Indexed keywords

STATISTICAL TESTS;

BINOMIAL MIXTURE; CONFIDENCE BANDS; ECOLOGICAL STUDIES; EIGEN-VALUE; POINT WISE; SPECIES ACCUMULATION CURVES; SPECIES ASSEMBLAGE; SPECIES RICHNESS; VISUAL INSPECTION; Χ+2$/ TEST;

EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS;

BOOTSTRAPPING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECOMPOSITION; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; SEEDLING; SPECIES RICHNESS; VISUAL ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; BOOTSTRAPPING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 70450240719     PISSN: 0006341X     EISSN: 15410420     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-0420.2008.01182.x     Document Type: Article

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