Relating species abundance distributions to species-area curves in two Mediterranean-type shrublands

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 253-259

  Keeley, Jon E ^a,b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chaparral; Coastal sage scrub; Fire; Heathlands; Species abundance curves; Species area curves

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; SHRUBLAND; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP;

AUSTRALIA; UNITED STATES;

SALVIA;

EID: 0037625357     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1472-4642.2003.00017.x     Document Type: Article

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