A theory of spatial structure in ecological communities at multiple spatial scales

Ecological Monographs

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 179-197

  Harte, John ^a   Conlisk, Erin ^a   Ostling, Annette ^a   Green, Jessica L ^b   Smith, Adam B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundance distribution; Barro Colorado Island (BCI), Panama; Endemics area relationship; Range area relationship; San Emilio, Costa Rica; Scale dependence; Serpentine grassland; Spatial distribution; Species area relationship; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; GRASSLAND; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP;

BARRO COLORADO ISLAND; CENTRAL AMERICA; GATUN LAKE; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 18444366494     PISSN: 00129615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/04-1388     Document Type: Article

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