Effects of organismal and distance scaling on analysis of species distribution and abundance

Ecological Applications

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 543-551

  Collins, Scott L ^a,b   Glenn, Susan M ^c  

^a NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Breeding birds; Core species vs. satellite species numbers; Core satellite hypothesis; Grasshoppers; Konza Prairie Research Natural Area (Kansas, USA); Organismal scaling cf. distance scaling; Small mammals; Species distribution and abundance; Tallgrass prairie species; Vascular plants

Indexed keywords

AVES; MAMMALIA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

DISTRIBUTION PATTERN; METAPOPULATION; SCALING; SPATIAL SCALE; TALLGRASS PRAIRIE;

USA, KANSAS, KONZA PRAIRIE;

EID: 0030613880     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(1997)007[0543:EOOADS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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