A general theory of multimetric indices and their properties

Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 773-781

  Schoolmaster, Donald R ^a   Grace, James B ^b   Schweiger, E William ^c  

^a NATIONAL WETLANDS RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioassessment; Biological integrity; Human disturbance; Index of biological integrity; Monitoring programme; Multimetric indices

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871622847     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2041210X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2041-210X.2012.00200.x     Document Type: Article

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