The geographic range: Size, shape, boundaries, and internal structure

Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics

Volumn 27, Issue , 1996, Pages 597-623

  Brown, James H ^a   Stevens, George C ^a   Kaufman, Dawn M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

biogeography; distribution; ecological biogeography; geographic range; macroecology; range limits

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

BIOGEOGRAPHY; DISPERSAL; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GEOGRAPHICAL RANGE;

EID: 0030302587     PISSN: 00664162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.ecolsys.27.1.597     Document Type: Article

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