Local processes and regional patterns: Appropriate scales for understanding variation in the diversity of plants and animals

Oikos

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 393-401

  Huston, Michael A ^a,b  

^a The University of Tennessee   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SCALE EFFECT; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032832072     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546645     Document Type: Article

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