Intraspecific abundance-occupancy relationships: Case studies of six bird species in Britain

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 197-212

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^c THE NUNNERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abundance; Birds; Macroecology; Occupancy

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; HABITAT TYPE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

AVES; PASSER MONTANUS; TURDUS PHILOMELOS;

EID: 0033490538     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1472-4642.1999.00054.x     Document Type: Article

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