Small island biogeography in the Gulf of California: Lizards, the subsidized island biogeography hypothesis, and the small island effect

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1575-1581

  Barrett, K ^a,c   Wait, D A ^a   Anderson, W B ^b  

^a MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DRURY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Lizards; Small island effect; Spatial subsidies; Species richness; Species area curve; Subsidized island biogeography

Indexed keywords

ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY; LIZARD; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

AMPHIBIA; AVES; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0141925447     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2699.2003.00936.x     Document Type: Article

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