Species-area curves, homogenization and the loss of global diversity

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 457-464

  Collins, Michael D ^a   Vázquez, Diego P ^a   Sanders, Nathan J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Exotic species; Global and regional species diversity; Homogenization; Species area curves

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042403628     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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