Scale in macroecology

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 185-189

  Blackburn, Tim M ^a   Gaston, Kevin J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Birds; Data resolution; Macroecology; Scale of analysis; Species richness; Species area relationship

Indexed keywords

MACROECOLOGY; SCALE EFFECT; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP; BIRD; SAMPLING;

AVES;

EID: 0036258898     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1466-822X.2002.00290.x     Document Type: Article

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