Relative measures of geographic range size: Empirical comparisons

Oecologia

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 179-188

  Quinn, Rachel M ^a,b   Gaston, Kevin J ^c   Arnold, Henry R ^a,b  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Butterflies; Conservation; Molluscs; Rarity

Indexed keywords

MOLLUSCA; PAPILIONOIDEA; LEPIDOPTERA;

BUTTERFLY; GEOGRAPHICAL RANGE;

UK;

EID: 0029662385     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00327901     Document Type: Article

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