LetsR: A new R package for data handling and analysis in macroecology

Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1229-1234

  Vilela, Bruno ^a,b   Villalobos, Fabricio ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biodiversity gradients; Geographic distribution; Presence absence matrix; Spatial analysis; Species richness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84944180167     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2041210X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/2041-210X.12401     Document Type: Article

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