Explanations of commonness and rarity in british breeding birds: Separating resource use and resource availability

Oikos

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 515-526

  Gregory, Richard D ^a,b   Gaston, Kevin J ^c  

^a THE NUNNERY   (United Kingdom)

^b RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; NICHE BREADTH; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; RESOURCE USE; SPECIES RARITY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0034018181     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0706.2000.880307.x     Document Type: Article

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