A simple method for estimating species abundance from occurrence maps

Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 336-343

  Yin, Deyi ^a   He, Fangliang ^a,b  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Estimating abundance; Occurrence; Presence absence map; Spatial autocorrelation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897984355     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2041210X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/2041-210X.12159     Document Type: Article

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