RInSp: An r package for the analysis of individual specialization in resource use

Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1018-1023

  Zaccarelli, Nicola ^a   Bolnick, Daniel I ^b   Mancinelli, Giorgio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological niche; Hierarchical variance partition; Individual specialization; Nestedness; Trait variance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887177089     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2041210X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/2041-210X.12079     Document Type: Article

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