Interspecific abundance-occupancy relationships of British mammals and birds: Is it possible to explain the residual variation?

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 37-46

  Holt, Alison R ^a   Gaston, Kevin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

British birds; British mammals; Habitat; Macroecology; Phylogenetic association; Positive interspecific abundance occupancy relationships; Residual variation; Trophic group

Indexed keywords

BIRD; MACROECOLOGY; MAMMAL; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; ABUNDANCE; HABITAT; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; PHYLOGENETICS;

UNITED KINGDOM; EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

AVES; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0037275029     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1466-822X.2003.00315.x     Document Type: Article

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