The species-area relationship does not have an asymptote!

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 827-830

  Williamson, Mark ^a   Gaston, Kevin J ^b   Lonsdale, W M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Birds; Continents; Islands; Lumbricids; Plants; Species area relationship

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 0035167899     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2699.2001.00603.x     Document Type: Article

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