Species-range-size distributions: Patterns, mechanisms and implications

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 197-201

  Gaston, Kevin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

RANGE-SIZE DISTRIBUTION; REGIONAL SCALE;

EID: 0029667986     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0169-5347(96)10027-6     Document Type: Review

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