A multiregion community model for inference about geographic variation in species richness

Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 783-791

  Sutherland, Chris ^a   Brambilla, Mattia ^b,c   Pedrini, Paolo ^b   Tenan, Simone ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b Museo delle Scienze   (Italy)

^c Fondazione Lombardia per l'Ambiente   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bayesian analysis; biodiversity; biogeography; community structure; data augmentation; geographic variation; site occupancy models; species richness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84959422246     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2041210X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/2041-210X.12536     Document Type: Article

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