Can species richness patterns be interpolated from a limited number of well-known areas? Mapping diversity using GLM and kriging

Natureza a Conservacao

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 200-207

  Hortal, Joaquín ^a,b   Lobo, Jorge M ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Diversity; Geostatistics; Macroecological models; Model performance; Scarabaeidae

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864098079     PISSN: 16790073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4322/natcon.2011.026     Document Type: Article

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