A critical issue in model-based inference for studying trait-based community assembly and a solution
Statistical testing of trait-environment association from data is a challenge as there is no common unit of observation: the trait is observed on species, the environment on sites and the mediating abundance on species-site combinations. A number of correlation-based methods, such as the community w...
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| Language: | English |
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PeerJ Inc.
2017-01-01
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| Online Access: | https://peerj.com/articles/2885.pdf |