Identifying the drivers of pond biodiversity: The agony of model selection

Community Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 179-186

  Gioria, M ^a   Bacaro, G ^b   Feehan, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Forward selection; Multivariate analysis; Species richness; Water beetle; Wetland plant

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; FORWARD MODELING; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HETEROGENEITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PLANT COMMUNITY; POND; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; WETLAND;

COLEOPTERA;

EID: 79951600404     PISSN: 15858553     EISSN: 15882756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/ComEc.11.2010.2.6     Document Type: Article

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