Spatial non-stationarity and anisotropy of compositional turnover in eastern Australian Myrtaceae species

International Journal of Geographical Information Science

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2065-2081

  Burley, Hugh Munro ^a   Laffan, Shawn William ^a   Williams, Kristen Jennifer ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

generalised dissimilarity modelling; geocomputation; landscape ecology; spatial analysis; vegetation mapping and modelling

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DICOTYLEDON; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP; VEGETATION MAPPING;

MYRTACEAE; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 84869470288     PISSN: 13658816     EISSN: 13623087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13658816.2012.692371     Document Type: Article

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