Ecological biogeography of southern ocean islands: Species-area relationships, human impacts, and conservation

American Naturalist

Volumn 152, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 562-575

  Chown, S L ^a   Grammen, N J M ^b   Gaston, K J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b Bureau Data Analyse Ecologie   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Southern ocean; Species area relationships; Terrestrial biotas

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CONSERVATION; ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY; SPECIES-AREA CURVE;

AVES; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MAMMALIA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 0031662987     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/286190     Document Type: Article

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