A frequency distribution approach to hotspot identification

Population Ecology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 351-359

  Bartolino, Valerio ^a,b   Maiorano, Luigi ^a,c   Colloca, Francesco ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cumulative frequency distribution; Density; Diversity; Spatial clustering; Tangent

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; FISH; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; POPULATION DENSITY; PROTECTED AREA; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 79551565541     PISSN: 14383896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10144-010-0229-2     Document Type: Article

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