Patterns in procellariiform diversity as a test of species-energy theory in marine systems

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 365-373

  Chown, Steven L ^a   Gaston, Kevin J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Geographic area; Pelagic systems; Productivity; Seabirds; Species richness

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000648706     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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