Global scale macroecology: Interactions between population size, geographic range size and body size in the Anseriformes

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 701-714

  Gaston, Kevin J ^a   Blackburn, Tim M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anseriformus; body size; geographic range size; life history; macroecology; population size

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; GEOGRAPHICAL RANGE; POPULATION SIZE; WILDFOWL;

ANSERIFORMES;

EID: 0030302861     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/5669     Document Type: Article

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