Of mice and wrens: The relation between abundance and geographic range size in British mammals and birds

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 352, Issue 1352, 1997, Pages 419-427

  Blackburn, T M ^a   Gaston, K J ^b   Quinn, R M ^a   Arnold, H ^c   Gregory, R D ^d  

^a NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^d THE NUNNERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVES; MAMMALIA; TROGLODYTINAE;

EID: 0030748740     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.1997.0030     Document Type: Article

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