Implications of interspecific and intraspecific abundance-occupancy relationships

Oikos

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 195-207

  Gaston, Kevin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; HARVESTING; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE;

EID: 0032838494     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546438     Document Type: Review

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