On the relationship between range size and local abundance: Back to basics

Oikos

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 183-190

  Holt, R D ^a   Lan ton, J H ^b   Gaston, K J ^c   Blackburn, T M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; LOCAL ABUNDANCE; POPULATION MODEL; RANGE SIZE;

EID: 0030620579     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3545815     Document Type: Review

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