Relationships between body size and population density of animals: The problem of the scaling of study area in relation to body size

Oikos

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 565-569

  Johnson, Christopher N ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032996607     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546706     Document Type: Note

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