Different ways of constructing octaves and their consequences on the prevalence of the bimodal species abundance distribution

Oikos

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 321-326

  Lobo, Jorge M ^a   Favila, Mario E ^b  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BEETLE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

COLEOPTERA;

EID: 0032759507     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546747     Document Type: Article

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