Common and rare Swedish vertebrates - Distribution and habitat preferences

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 101-128

  Berg, Åke ^a   Tjernberg, Martin ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Common; Distribution; Habitat preferences; Rare; Species richness; Swedish vertebrates

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; HABITAT PREFERENCE; POPULATION SIZE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

SWEDEN;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0029662660     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00056294     Document Type: Article

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