The presence-absence matrix reloaded: The use and interpretation of range-diversity plots

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 282-292

  Arita, Héctor T ^a   Christen, Andrés ^b   Rodríguez, Pilar ^c   Soberón, Jorge ^d  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ECOSISTEMAS Y SUSTENTABILIDAD   (Mexico)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN MATEMÁTICAS   (Mexico)

^c Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad ^*  (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Distribution; Diversity; Mammals; Mexico; Presence absence matrix; Range diversity plots; Variance ratio test

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; MAMMAL; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

MAMMALIA;

EID: 84855552294     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2011.00662.x     Document Type: Article

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