2017-02-232017-02-232003-06PINTO, Miriam Plaza ; BINI, Luis Mauricio ; DINIZ FILHO, José Alexandre Felizola. Análise quantitativa da influência de um novo paradigma ecológico: autocorrelação espacial. Acta Scientiarum. Biological Sciences, Maringá, v. 25, n.1, p. 137-143, jun. 2003.e- 1807-863Xhttp://repositorio.bc.ufg.br/handle/ri/11461The aim of this paper was to evaluate the influence of the spatial autocorrelation (absence of independence among observations gathered along geographical space) in ecological studies. For this task, an evaluation of the studies that used spatial autocorrelation analysis was carried out using the data furnished by the Institute for Scientific Information. There is a positive temporal tendency in the number of studies that used spatial autocorrelation analysis. A significant autocorrelation was detected in most studies. Moreover, scientist of several nationalities carried out these studies in different countries, with different organisms and in different types of ecosystems. In this way, it is possible to consider that the explicit incorporation of the spatial structure of natural processes, through the autocorrelation analysis, is a new ecological paradigm.porAcesso AbertoAn error occurred getting the license - uri.EcologiaParadigmaAutocorrelação espacialBibliometriaEcologyParadigmSpatial autocorrelationBibliometryArtigo10.4025/actascibiolsci.v25i1.2113