Measures of geographic range size: The effects of sample size

Ecography

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 259-268

  Gaston, Kevin J ^a   Quinn, Rachel M ^b   Wood, Simon ^d   Arnold, Henry R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL RANGE; SAMPLE SIZE;

UK;

LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 0030304356     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.1996.tb00235.x     Document Type: Article

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