The distribution of species range size: A stochastic process

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 269, Issue 1495, 2002, Pages 1079-1086

  Gaston, Kevin J ^a   He, Fangliang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Geographical range size; Macroecology; Stochasticity; Temporal dynamics

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MACROECOLOGY; RANGE SIZE; STOCHASTICITY;

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GEOGRAPHY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; STEADY STATE; STOCHASTIC MODEL; ANIMAL; BEE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY CONSTITUTION; ECOSYSTEM; MAMMAL; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS;

ANIMAL; BEES; BODY CONSTITUTION; ECOSYSTEM; MAMMALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; ANIMALS;

EID: 0037157021     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2002.1969     Document Type: Article

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