The relationship between range size and niche breadth: A test using five species of Gammarus (Amphipoda)

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 179-188

  Gaston, Kevin J ^a   Spicer, John I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gammarus; Macroecology; Niche breadth; Physiology; Range size; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEAN; NICHE BREADTH; RANGE SIZE;

AMPHIPODA; CRUSTACEA; GAMMARIDAE; GAMMARUS; GAMMARUS DUEBENI; GAMMARUS LOCUSTA; GAMMARUS OCEANICUS; GAMMARUS SALINUS; GAMMARUS ZADDACHI; LOCUSTA;

EID: 0035013262     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1466-822x.2001.00225.x     Document Type: Article

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