Generalized linear mixed models for phylogenetic analyses of community structure

Ecological Monographs

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 511-525

  Ives, Anthony R ^a   Helmus, Matthew R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Ecophylogenetics; Environmental gradient; Generalized linear models, GLMM; Null model; Phylogenetic community structure; Phylogenetic diversity; Phylogenetic signal; Trait variation; Trait based community assembly

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DATA SET; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHYLOGENETICS;

EID: 80051532520     PISSN: 00129615     EISSN: 15577015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/10-1264.1     Document Type: Article

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