Accounting for data heterogeneity in patterns of biodiversity: An application of linear mixed effect models to the oceanic island biogeography of spore-producing plants

Ecography

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 904-913

  Patiño, Jairo ^a,b   Guilhaumon, François ^b,c   Whittaker, Robert J ^d   Triantis, Kostas A ^e   Gradstein, S Robbert ^f   Hedenäs, Lars ^g   González Mancebo, Juana M ^h   Vanderpoorten, Alain ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^f MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^g SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^h UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHIPELAGO; BIODIVERSITY; BIOGEOGRAPHY; BRYOPHYTE; DATA SET; DISPERSAL; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EMERGENCE; HETEROGENEITY; LINEARITY; MIGRATION; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPORE; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 84880015201     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2012.00020.x     Document Type: Article

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