Intraspecific relationships between abundance and occupancy among species of Paridae and Sylviidae in Britain

Ecoscience

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 131-142

  Gaston, Kevin J ^a   Gregory, Richard D ^b   Blackburn, Tim M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b THE NUNNERY   (United Kingdom)

^c NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abundance occupancy relationships; Birds; Macroecology; Paridae; Sylviidae

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL LAND; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; WOODLAND;

AVES; PARIDAE; SYLVIIDAE;

EID: 0033392510     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11956860.1999.11682513     Document Type: Article

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