Geometry of the species-area relationship in central European birds: Testing the mechanism

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 509-519

  Storch, David ^a,b   Šizling, Arnošt L ^b   Gaston, Kevin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Habitat heterogeneity; Metapopulation; Power law; Spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

HETEROGENEITY; METAPOPULATION; POWER LAW; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP;

CZECH REPUBLIC;

AVES;

EID: 0038670307     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2656.2003.00721.x     Document Type: Article

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