Effects of range size on species-area relationships

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 493-499

  Allen, Andrew P ^a   White, Ethan P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Macroecology; Power law; Range size; Spatial scale; Species richness; Species area relationship

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842856512     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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