Are there adequate data to assess how well theories of rarity apply to marine invertebrates?

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1295-1318

  Chapman, M G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Abundances; Invertebrates; Marine; Range; Rarity

Indexed keywords

INVERTEBRATE; RARE SPECIES; SPECIES CONSERVATION; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 0032696954     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008909323840     Document Type: Article

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