Species-area curves: The need to include zeroes

Global Ecology and Biogeography Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 91-93

  Williams, M R ^a  

^a Science and Information Division   (Australia)

Author keywords

Extreme value function; Island ecology; Logarithmic transformation; Species area relation

Indexed keywords

BIAS; ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY; SPECIES-AREA CURVE;

EID: 0029769384     PISSN: 09607447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2997446     Document Type: Article

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