How to construct the statistic network? An association network of herbaceous plants constructed from field sampling

Network Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 57-68

  Zhang, WenJun ^a,b  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b International Academy of Ecology and Environmental Sciences   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Association; Correlation measures; Field sampling; Grassland community; Herbaceous plants; Statistic network

Indexed keywords

EID: 84981174469     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22208879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.0000/issn-2220-8879-networkbiology-2012-v2-0006     Document Type: Article

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