Nestedness of Southern Ocean island biotas: Ecological perspectives on a biogeographical conundrum

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 155-168

  Greve, Michelle ^a   Gremmen, Niek J M ^b   Gaston, Kevin J ^c   Chown, Steven L ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b Data Analyse Ecologie ^*  (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biological invasions; Colonization; Endemicity; Insulantarctica; Nestedness; Sub antarctic

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; DISPERSAL; NESTEDNESS;

OCEANIC REGIONS; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WORLD;

AVES; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; HEXAPODA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 12744269504     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2004.01169.x     Document Type: Review

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