Are locally rare species abundant elsewhere in their geographical range?

Austral Ecology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 287-293

  Murray, Brad R ^a   Lepschi, Brendan J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Abundance; Open forest; Phylogenetic regression; Rarity; Seed size

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; PHYLOGENETICS; RARE SPECIES; RARITY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 3142645413     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2004.01365.x     Document Type: Article

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