Abundance-range size relationships in the herbaceous flora of central England

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 439-448

  Thompson, Ken ^a   Hodgson, John G ^a   Gaston, Kevin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Habitat; Land cover type; Niche breadth; Phylogeny; Rarity

Indexed keywords

FLORA; HABITAT; NICHE; PHYLOGENY; UNITED KINGDOM; WETLAND;

ABUNDANCE; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; NICHE BREADTH; RANGE SIZE; VASCULAR PLANT;

UK, ENGLAND;

EID: 0031839906     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.1998.00264.x     Document Type: Article

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