Abundance-range size relationships in British birds: Is unexplained variation a product of life history?

Ecography

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 466-474

  Blackburn, Tim M ^a   Gaston, Kevin J ^b   Gregory, Richard D ^c  

^a NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c THE NUNNERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; GEOGRAPHICAL RANGE; LOCAL ABUNDANCE; RANGE SIZE;

UK;

ANIMALIA; AVES;

EID: 0030842760     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.1997.tb00414.x     Document Type: Article

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