Relationships between body size and geographical range size among Australian mammals: Has human impact distorted macroecological patterns?

Ecography

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 92-100

  Murray, Brad R ^a   Dickman, Chris R ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BODY SIZE; MACROECOLOGY; MAMMAL; RANGE SIZE;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0034065341     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2000.tb00264.x     Document Type: Article

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