Associations between species and groups of sites: Indices and statistical inference

Ecology

Volumn 90, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3566-3574

  De Cáceres, Miquel ^a   Legendre, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Community types; Fidelity measure; Indicator value; Phi coefficient of association

Indexed keywords

BOOTSTRAPPING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; HABITAT TYPE; PRECISION; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 72949118701     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/08-1823.1     Document Type: Article

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