On the determinants of census area: Implications for mammalian macroecological patterns

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 401-409

  Prince, Mary Ellen ^a   Silva, Marina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Body mass; Census area; Climate; Density mass relationship; Geography; Home range; Latitude; Macroecology; Mammals

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; CENSUS; HOME RANGE; MACROECOLOGY; MAMMAL; POPULATION DENSITY; SPECIES INVENTORY;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0036740011     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1466-822x.2002.00292.x     Document Type: Article

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