The n-dimensional hypervolume

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 595-609

  Blonder, Benjamin ^a,b,c   Lamanna, Christine ^b,d   Violle, Cyrille ^e   Enquist, Brian J ^a,b,f  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^e CNRS   (France)

^f SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental niche modelling; Hole; Hutchinson; Hypervolume; Kernel density estimation; Morphospace; Niche; Niche overlap; Species distribution modelling

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DATA SET; ECOLOGICAL THEORY; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; GEOMETRY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NICHE OVERLAP;

HUTCHINSONIA;

EID: 84897079990     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/geb.12146     Document Type: Article

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