A systematic comparison of summary characteristics for quantifying point patterns in ecology

Ecography

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 92-103

  Wiegand, Thorsten ^a   He, Fangliang ^b   Hubbell, Stephen P ^c,d  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RECONSTRUCTION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TAXONOMY;

PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

EID: 84874712715     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2012.07361.x     Document Type: Article

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