A consistent metric for nestedness analysis in ecological systems: reconciling concept and measurement
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M. Almeida-Neto ([email protected]) and R. D. Loyola, Laboratório de Interações Insetos-Plantas, Dept Zoologia, Univ. Estadual de Campinas, CP 6109, BR 13083-970, Campinas, Brazil. P. Guimarães, Daitan Labs, Galleria Office, Campinas, SP, Brazil. P. R. Guimarães Jr, Dept Fı́sica da Matéria Condensada, Inst. de Fı́sica Gleb Wataghin, Univ. Estadual de Campinas, BR 13083-970, Campinas SP, Brazil and Estación Biológica de Doñana, CSIC, Apartado 1056, ES 41080 Seville, Spain. W. Ulrich, Dept of Animal Ecology, Nicolaus Copernicus Univ. in Torun, Gagarina 9, PL 87-100 Torun, Poland.
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تاریخ انتشار 2008