Species' geographic ranges and distributional limits: Pattern analysis and statistical issues

Oikos

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 7-17

  Fortin, M J ^a   Keitt, T H ^b   Maurer, B A ^c   Taper, M L ^d   Kaufman, Dawn M ^e   Blackburn, T M ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; PASSERINE; RANGE SIZE; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AVES; CHONDESTES GRAMMACUS;

EID: 13444274881     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2005.13146.x     Document Type: Article

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