On the relationship between niche and distribution

Ecology Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 349-361

  Pulliam, H Ronald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Habitat specific demography; Hutchinsonian n dimensional niche; Species distributions

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; DISPERSAL; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; NICHE;

EID: 0033907676     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-0248.2000.00143.x     Document Type: Review

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