Abundance-range size relationships of breeding and wintering birds in Britain: A comparative analysis

Ecography

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 569-579

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^c THE NUNNERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING BIRD; GEOGRAPHIC RANGE; INTERSPECIFIC RELATIONSHIP; POPULATION SIZE; WINTERING;

UK;

EID: 0031405926     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.1997.tb00425.x     Document Type: Article

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