Habitat availability causes the species abundance-distribution relationship

Oikos

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 564-570

  Venier, L A ^a   Fahrig, L ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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Indexed keywords

HABITAT AVAILABILITY; SPECIES-ABUNDANCE RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 0030304574     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546349     Document Type: Article

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