Nestedness analysis as a tool to identify ecological gradients

Ecological Questions

Volumn 11, Issue , 2009, Pages 27-34

  Ulrich, Werner ^a  

^a NICOLAUS COPERNICUS UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Discrepancy; Idiosyncrasy; Matrix temperature; NODF; Null models; Presence absence matrix; Species richness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876982052     PISSN: 16447298     EISSN: 20835469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10090-009-0015-y     Document Type: Article

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