Spatial autocorrelation: An overlooked concept in behavioral ecology

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 902-905

  Valcu, Mihai ^a   Kempenaers, Bart ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

GIS; Moran's I; spatial analysis

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; DATA SET; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GIS; HABITAT MOSAIC; HETEROGENEITY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TERRITORY;

EID: 77955903060     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arq107     Document Type: Article

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