Multivariate assessment of the required sample size for community paleoecological research

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 315-316, Issue , 2012, Pages 134-141

  Forcino, Frank L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Mantel Test; Ordination; Paleocommunity; Procrustes; Sampling methods

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; DATA SET; DATABASE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORDINATION; PALEOECOLOGY; SAMPLING;

EID: 84855804557     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2011.11.019     Document Type: Article

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