Co-occurrence of species with various geographical ranges, and correlation between area size and number of species in geographical scale

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 275-284

  Vilenkin, B Ya ^a,c,d,e   Chikatunov, V I ^b,f,g  

^a Bet Dagan Agriculture Center

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^d SHIRSHOV INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^e Sirotech Ltd   (Israel)

^f Dushanbe State University

^g SCHMALHAUSEN INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

Area size; Birds; Endemism; Levant; Mammals; Tenebrionids

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; ENDEMISM; SCALE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EGYPT; ISRAEL; SINAI;

EID: 0031855145     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2699.1998.252193.x     Document Type: Article

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