Randomization tests for quantifying species importance to ecosystem function

Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 634-642

  Gotelli, Nicholas J ^a   Ulrich, Werner ^b   Maestre, Fernando T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b NICOLAUS COPERNICUS UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biological soil crust; Lichen; Natural experiment; Null model; Presence absence matrix; Randomization test

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856887615     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2041210X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2041-210X.2011.00121.x     Document Type: Article

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