The structure of global species-range size distributions: Raptors & owls

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 67-76

  Gaston, Kevin J ^a   Davies, Richard G ^a   Gascoigne, Caroline E ^a   Williamson, Mark ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Logit; Lognormal; Macroecology; Owls; Range size; Raptors

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; MACROECOLOGY; RANGE SIZE; RAPTOR;

RAPTORES; STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 12444336943     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-822X.2004.00123.x     Document Type: Article

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