An indexed dispersion criterion for testing the sex-biased dispersal of lek mating behavior of capercaillies

Environmental and Ecological Statistics

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 283-301

  Carleos, C ^a   López Díaz, Miguel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Hausdorff distance; Multivariate dispersion ordering; Random set

Indexed keywords

BIRD; DISPERSAL; LEK; MATING BEHAVIOR; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL;

EID: 77956177332     PISSN: 13528505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10651-009-0107-2     Document Type: Article

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