Small-scale spatial autocorrelation in plant communities: The effects of spatial grain and measure of abundance, with an improved sampling scheme

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 471-482

  Roe, Cailin M ^a   Parker, Graham C ^a   Korsten, Annika C ^a   Lister, Christina J ^a   Weatherall, Sam B ^a   Lawrence Lodge, Rachael H E ^a   Bastow Wilson, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

diversity; Bog; Chance; Distance decay; Forest; Quantitative recording; Randomness; Riverbed; Serpentine; Spatial extent; Spatial scale; Ultramafic

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AUTOCORRELATION; BOG; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HETEROGENEITY; PLANT COMMUNITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RIVER BED; SAMPLING; SERPENTINE; SHRUBLAND; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 84860156599     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: 16541103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2011.01375.x     Document Type: Article

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