Spatial scaling laws yield a synthetic theory of biodiversity

Nature

Volumn 400, Issue 6744, 1999, Pages 557-560

  Ritchie, Mark E ^a   Olff, Han ^b  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; PRODUCTIVITY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BODY SIZE; ECOLOGY; FOOD; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AFRICA, EASTERN; ANIMALS; BODY CONSTITUTION; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD; MAMMALS; MINNESOTA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0033527041     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/23010     Document Type: Article

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