Improving indicator species analysis by combining groups of sites

Oikos

Volumn 119, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1674-1684

  De Cáceres, Miquel ^a,b,c   Legendre, Pierre ^a,b,c   Moretti, Marco ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b CENTRE TECNOLÒGIC FORESTAL DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^c SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; CORRELATION; HABITAT TYPE; NICHE BREADTH; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

EID: 77956631921     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2010.18334.x     Document Type: Article

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