The multiple forms of the interspecific abundance-distribution relationship

Oikos

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 211-220

  Gaston, Kevin J ^a,b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE-DISTRIBUTION RELATIONSHIP; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0030451426     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546192     Document Type: Review

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