Quantifying the influence of environmental texture on the rate of species turnover: Evidence from two habitats

Plant Ecology

Volumn 212, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 495-506

  McGlinn, D J ^a,b   Palmer, M W ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Crosstimbers; Distance decay; Euclidean variogram; Spatial autocorrelation; Spatial dependence; Tallgrass prairie

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION; GEOMETRY; GRASS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL TEXTURE; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; TIMBER; VARIOGRAM; VASCULAR PLANT; WOODLAND;

TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 79952038486     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-010-9840-8     Document Type: Article

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