Spatially constrained rarefaction: Incorporating the autocorrelated structure of biological communities into sample-based rarefaction

Community Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 209-214

  Chiarucci, A ^a   Bacaro, G ^a   Rocchini, D ^b   Ricotta, C ^c   Palmer, M ^d   Scheiner, S ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Autocorrelation; Biodiversity; Extent; Grain; Species diversity; Species richness

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; SAMPLING; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EID: 73649085151     PISSN: 15858553     EISSN: 15882756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/ComEc.10.2009.2.11     Document Type: Article

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